More public feedback from the Big Conversation

Date: 29 November 2016

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In June 2016, the Oxfordshire Healthcare Transformation Programme began wide engagement with with patients and public across the country in its 'Big Health and Care Conversation'.

The Big Conversation describes the challenges for health services to meet growing demands and the projected gaps in funding, but also the opportunities for thinking and doing things differently.

There were six public roadshows in the summer, held in Wantage, Banbury, Wallingford, Witney, Oxford and Bicester.  At these roadshows the Transformation team spoke to around 350 people who discussed a variety of issues, ranging from community hospitals, transport, funding concerns, patient safety, prevention and education on leading a healthy lifestyle.

People shared views on Wantage Community Hospital and the Horton Hospital in Banbury, and the need for support for people wanting more care closer to home.

Since the summer, the Transformation team has been out talking to more people and has met with students at Henley, Abingdon and Witney colleges, held focus groups with mothers about maternity services and held further workshops with patients, the voluntary sector and NHS clinicians on services provided at community hospitals.

Members of the Transformation team have spoken to and heard from a further 550 people at these meetings and the programme has also reached a further 27,256 people through social media, since the summer.  It has heard about the need for improved services for mental health, the importance of continuity of care for patients, access to GP practices and concerns around recruitment of NHS staff, the importance of joining up health and social care and the value of using technology better.

Diane Hedges, deputy chief executive at Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, said:  “I’d like to thank all the people who have taken time to tell us their views on local NHS services.  This feedback is invaluable to our planning and helps us to understand what is important to patients.

“We are working on proposals for ensuring services are safe, sustainable and affordable.  It is a challenging time for the NHS, but having patients and the public involved in this process, means that together we can plan NHS services which are available for future generations.”

All the feedback has been used by clinicians to think about how services are designed across Oxfordshire in the future.   Full reports of the feedback are published on the Oxfordshire Healthcare Transformation website

 

  • Summary:

    In June 2016, the Oxfordshire Healthcare Transformation Programme began wide engagement with with patients and public across the country in its 'Big Health and Care Conversation'.

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  • Date:
    29 November 2016