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REPORT OF THE

HEALTH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

PART II

WEST SUSSEX PRIMARY CARE TRUST - ACUTE SERVICE RECONFIGURATION

1. The West Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Joint Committee is continuing, on a bi-weekly basis, to scrutinise West Sussex Primary Care Trust's proposals for the reconfiguration of acute health services in West Sussex. The Primary Care Trust Board met on 14 February 2008 to consider the report of Sir Graeme Catto, who had been appointed to investigate the alternatives put forward following the public consultation. Sir Graeme had recommended that accident and emergency services should remain at all three hospitals in question, St. Richards, Chichester; Worthing and Princess Royal, Haywards Heath with either St. Richards or Worthing becoming a Major General Hospital and the other two becoming Local General hospitals. He also recommended that full maternity and obstetrics should be based at the Major General Hospital and other midwife led birth units in West Sussex. The Primary Care Trust Board accepted these proposals but wished to also to continue to give consideration to their original four proposals in addition to these. The Board's final decision on which option will be made on 7 May 2008.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007/08 AND WORK PROGRAMME 2008/09

1. The Committee endorsed its 2007/08 Report which is a synopsis of the work carried out during the year and the proposed programme for 2008/09 which would take account of issues raised by Members and identified by key partners during the past year, national policy developments that would have an impact on the health of local people and local issues that would have an impact on the provision of health services to people living in Hampshire.

2. A copy of the report will be circulated to all County Councillors and will also be available in the Members' Room

DR. R.J. ELLIS

Chairman.

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