Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (DCCG) has signalled its intention to work to maintain a consultant-led maternity and overnight children’s service in Dorchester as part of a single maternity and paediatrics service for Dorset. The announcement was made by Tim Goodson, CCG Chief Officer, at a meeting of the Dorset Health and Overview Scrutiny Committee (DHOSC) [...]
The views of local clinicians and members of the public are being sought by NHS England as part of a consultation around medicines which could be considered low priority for NHS funding. The NHS in England spends approximately £645 million per year on medicines prescribed in primary care and that are available over the counter. [...]
NHS England (NHSE) published detailed plans in July 2017 to reduce prescriptions for ineffective, over-priced and low value treatments. Helping to trim hundreds of millions from the nation’s rapidly growing drugs bill will create headroom to reinvest all savings in newer and more effective NHS medicines and treatments. The consultation document can be found online. During [...]
The CSR public consultation process has been awarded ‘Best Practice’ accreditation by The Consultation Institute. The Consultation Institute (TCI) were invited to quality assure the CSR consultation process through an assessment process and provide guidance and advice on how to meet best practice standards. This was to ensure local people in Dorset received the best [...]
The Governing Body of NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group have agreed changes to local healthcare to help ensure high quality and sustainable services are available for future generations. The options considered were subject to a public consultation between December 2016 and February 2017 which saw over 18,500 people give their views. Before making final decisions, [...]
NHS Dorset have today published an independent report into how the proposals and subsequent decisions detailed in the Clinical Services Review (CSR) could impact on emergency transport in the county. Dorset Clinical Services Review: Modelling the Potential Impact on the Emergency Ambulance Service has been produced by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) and analyses nearly [...]
An independent report detailing the results of the recent Mental Health Acute Care Pathway public consultation has been published. The 130 page-report written by Bournemouth University Market Research Group gives detailed information on the feedback received on a range of options to improve services in Dorset. These include • Changes to inpatient beds including an [...]
NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group’s Governing Body will be meeting on Wednesday 20 September to make decisions following the recent Clinical Services Review public consultation. The public consultation – which ran between 1 December 2016 and 28 February 2017 - asked for feedback on site specific options for Dorset County, Poole and Royal Bournemouth hospitals, [...]
An independent report looking at responses to the Improving Dorset’s Healthcare Clinical Services Review consultation has been published today. The 400 page-report, written by specialist consultation analysts, Opinion Research Services, gives details of the public response to proposals for the future of acute and community services across Dorset. The report looks at responses from more [...]
NHS Dorset CCG has today published headline responses from the recent consultation on proposed changes to health care. Independent analysts Opinion Research Services (ORS) have produced the headlines from over 18,500 responses which were submitted during the public consultation on proposed changes to local health care as part of the Clinical Services Review. The consultation [...]
