We have today published the headlines from the Mental Health Acute Care Pathway review consultation which took place during February and March 2017. Overall 1156 responses to the consultation were received, of which around 53% were postal responses, the remainder being online. The report has been compiled by The Market Research Group at Bournemouth University. [...]

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 [...]

Following the public consultation which ended in February 2017, Opinion Research Services (ORS) has been collating over 18,500 of your responses, along with other feedback, to produce their analysis report of the consultation responses. This report will inform the final business case which will be presented to and considered by the Governing Body of NHS [...]

“We have received a copy of the document from Healthwatch and have worked extensively with them in the run up to the consultation.  As many of the criticisms in the document have been discussed with Healthwatch already, we are puzzled by the decision to publish the document at this time. The document does not say [...]

With only a few days to go we are now nearing the end of the Mental Health Acute Care Pathway public consultation period. We have spoken to over 500 people at the 15 drop in events held across Dorset during February and March. Elaine Hurll, Senior Commissioning Manager for Mental Health at Dorset CCG said: [...]

What we’ve done NHS Dorset CCG would like to thank everyone who took part in the public consultation on proposals developed under the Clinical Services Review, which took place between 1 December 2016 and 28 February 2017. During the consultation thousands of people had their say on proposals for specific roles for hospitals in Poole [...]

Here at NHS Dorset CCG we are concerned that the proposals developed as part of the Clinical Services Review are being misrepresented. We recognise that there is concern nationally about the future of the NHS, but we want to be absolutely clear that we are not conducting this review in order to privatise local services; [...]

We are now over two weeks into the Mental Health Acute Care consultation. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to fill in our consultation questionnaire so far. Our four drop-in sessions have been well attended, with approximately 200 people coming along to discuss the possible changes to Mental Health Acute Care Services. [...]

Since the launch of the public consultation on 1 December 2016, we have been working with local partners to encourage responses from as many people living in Dorset as we can, asking them to find out more about the proposals and have their say. We have also undertaken activities to involve people who live outside [...]

NHS Dorset CCG has commissioned Opinion Research Services (ORS) to collate and analyse all the views that are gathered during the Clinical Services Review consultation. As part of the public consultation, views from members of the public are being collected through telephone interviews which are being conducted by ORS. If you have received a call [...]