PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP OR VARY NHS SERVICES

1. The Committee is continuing to monitor proposals for the review of the following services:

Southwest Primary Care Trust Alliance/Southampton University Hospital Trust: Closure of Maternity Beds and Review of Maternity Services in Southwest Hampshire.

Mid and Southwest Hampshire Primary Care Trusts: Surgical Services Reconfiguration.

The future of services in Fareham and Gosport/Southeast Capacity Plan.

Strategic Healthy Authority: Acute Paediatric Services Review.

Mid Hampshire Primary Care Trust: Mental Health Accommodation

Blackwater Valley and Hart Primary Care Trust: rainbow Assessment and Treatment Group.

Southeast Primary Care Trust Cluster: Maternity Services in Southeast Hampshire.


- Temporary closure of Blackbrook and the Grange Birthing Centres

- Future strategy for Maternity Services

East Hampshire Primary Care Trust: Transfer of Older persons Medicines

North Hampshire Primary Care Trust: Reprovision of Older Persons Mental Health Services provided at Homefield House, Basingstoke.

North Hampshire Primary Care Trust: Changes to the Configuration of Services at Alton Community Hospital.

Department of Health: Commissioning a Patient Led NHS.


- Configuration of Strategic Health Authorities

- Configuration of Ambulance Services

Healthcare Commission: Engaging with Patients and the Public.

2. The Committee has responded to the Department of Health on the consultation on Commissioning a Patient Led NHS recommending that there should be two Strategic Health Authorities covering Southeast England, a single Primary Care Trust for Hampshire, excluding the Cities of Portsmouth and Southampton and the Hampshire Ambulance Service should remain as it currently is. The Committee also highlighted the need for:

Improved partnership working across the NHS and local authorities.

Commissioning arrangements that are responsive to local needs and accountable to local communities.

Clarity about the delivery of public health and the health improvement agenda.

Business continuity and leadership during the transition.

Capacity and capability and the need for a swift move to the new structures with appointments confirmed as quickly as possible.

3. This supports aims 1, 4 and 5 of the Corporate Strategy by enabling opportunities to be maximised and ensuring that health services continue to be improved alongside building strong and safe communities.