| Welcome to our consultation newsletter | Welcome to our consultation bulletin. Here you'll find the latest news and updates about the consultation, where we have been and how you can get involved.
Find out more and have your say on our Better Hospitals Humber website. | | | Upcoming Engagement – ways to get involved |
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| Last Chance To Sign Up - Young people using their voice | We are committed to ensuring that young people have an opportunity to have their say during this consultation. So, if you have young people between the ages of 8-14 in your household, or groups you work with, please make sure they know about this exciting event designed to allow young people to express themselves about the things in the NHS that affect them.
To do this, we are holding another free drama workshop for children and young people in Scunthorpe working with a very experienced drama company called Playing ON. They use games, storytelling and improvisation to explore children’s and young people’s views in a fun and engaging way.
The workshop is open to all children and young people aged 8 to 14 and will be taking place on:
- 15th November 2023, 6-7.30pm
- Pizza and a drink will be provided from 5.30pm for those taking part.
There will be a room for parents/carers to wait for their children, and to discuss the proposal with the team if they wish to do so. Places are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please share the link below with anyone you think may be interested.
To book a place at the workshop, click here. | |  |
| We are half-way through our consultation window – help us to ensure more people can have their say! | Over the past seven weeks we have heard from many people across the region – including thousands who have completed the online questionnaire and several hundred who have attended one of our events.
We want to make sure there are as many opportunities as possible for people to get involved and have their say on our proposal to change the way some more complex medical, urgent and emergency care and paediatric (children’s) services. So, we have added more consultation events.
We are holding three further exhibitions for those who couldn’t make it along to our events in October. These are planned for Scunthorpe and Gainsborough.
- Monday 4th December 12 - 3pm – Scunthorpe Central Library, Carlton Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6TX
- Thursday 7th December 12 - 3pm – Gainsborough area (venue tbc)
- Saturday 9th December 10am - 2pm – St John’s Market, 29 Jubilee Way, Scunthorpe, DN15 6RB
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| Lots more listening events and opportunities to have your say | We are also continuing our targeted focus groups with a wide range of community groups (including armed forces communities, people with learning disabilities, children and young people, disabled people and carers).
And our community roadshows continue throughout November. Upcoming events include:
- Friday 17th November – Parent Carer Conference in North Lincolnshire
- Monday 20th November (11am-1pm) – Immingham Civic Centre Hub
- Wednesday 22nd November (10am-12noon) – Centre4 in Grimsby
Pop in and see us if you can. You will be very welcome.
You can also support us by sharing details about the upcoming engagement opportunities with your networks – get in touch hnyicb.consultation@nhs.net and we can send you posters or content for your newsletters or social media.
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| If my child needed urgent help or had a serious accident, where would I be expected to take them? | Under the proposed changes, you would still take your child to the same local hospital as you would today. 24/7 Emergency Departments (A&E) and Paediatric Assessment Units (PAU) would continue to be delivered at both Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and Scunthorpe General Hospital.
If you need help today, call NHS 111 or go online https://111.nhs.uk/. Call 999 in a life-threatening emergency. | |
| How many people would these changes affect? | In developing the proposal, we carefully studied the likely impacts of bringing these services together on patients, staff and visitors.
The services we are considering changing are primarily for patients who need more complex emergency diagnosis, treatment and care after receiving an initial assessment through one of our Emergency Departments (A&Es) in Scunthorpe or Grimsby.
The vast majority of patients who use our hospitals would continue to be seen and treated in the same hospital they are now (around 400 a day who need urgent and emergency care and over 1300 a day with planned appointments or operations). Those who have a more complex medical need would be treated at a different hospital (Grimsby) and would arrive in an ambulance or be taken by free inter-hospital transport after having received their initial medical assessment at Scunthorpe.
The proposed changes – if implemented – would impact around 14 patients each day, who would be transferred to Grimsby (either directly by ambulance or by inter-hospital transfer after an initial assessment at Scunthorpe) to receive more specialist medical treatment. The number of patients affected is expected to be lower in the longer term as services adapt to new and improved ways of working. | |
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