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Vol 25 ● Issue 27

4 July 2018

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NEW HOSPITAL COULD BE BUILT IN RADICAL VISION FOR FUTURE OF NHS TRUST Other options include centralising adult and children’s A&E at one site with non-urgent services at the other

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Exclusive by Danielle Thompson A NEW hospital could be built between Southport and Ormskirk as part of radical plans to improve health services floated by local NHS trust chiefs. Another option put forward is to centralise most services at one ‘hot’ site and the other being used as a ‘cold’ Chief executive of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Silas Nicholls, inset, has outlined his vision. site for non-urgent and specialised services. The independent report by Northern England Clinical Mr Nicholls stressed he is at the ‘very beginning’ of the Senate, commissioned by the trust, suggests a new pur- care services (currently on the Southport site) is “a matprocess and if a proposal is agreed, it will be followed by pose built hospital with good road links to Ormskirk and ter of priority.” Silas Nicholls, who took over as the new chief execut- public engagement and consultation. Southport would be ‘ideal but unlikely to receive funding ive of the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust The report published online last week, discusses the in current financial climate.’ The report has recommended that Southport Hospital just three months ago, has penned an open letter pros and cons of using both Ormskirk Hospital or Southis used as new 'hot site' for redevelopment – but only if describing his hopes for the future – and how he plans to port Hospital as a ‘hot site’ or ‘cold site’ to reconfigure maternity and paediatric services could be moved to make changes now to improve long-term care for Sefton services for an ageing population. and West Lancashire’s increasingly ageing population. The plans would spell the end of a 15 year attempt to another nearby Trust. As well as a potential new build, other options could run the main clinical services from two separate sites at The report stressed, however, that merging the children’s A&E department and maternity services currently include investing heavily in the Southport and/or Orm- Town Lane, Southport and Wigan Road, Ormskirk Continued inside on the Ormskirk site with the adult A&E and intensive skirk sites.

Report outlines pros and cons of using Southport or Ormskirk as ‘hot site’ THE report has recommended that Southport Hospital is used as new 'hot site' for redevelopment – but only if maternity and paediatric services could be moved to a nearby Trust. The Northern England Clinical Senate advice to the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, looks at both the cases for Ormskirk Hospital

and Southport Hospital separately to take on the role of a ‘hot site’ where services would be reconfigured. The case for Ormskirk as the ‘hot site’ includes that it has “the better estate, significant space to grow, extensive unused theatre and bed capacity and would be cheaper.” The additional capacity would

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improve patient flow and shorten A&E times to fit government targets. To enable this to happen, there would also need to be a significant development of the Southport site especially in relation to urgent care and step-down facilities for frail, elderly patients. For paediatric services, Ormskirk

offers easier access across a wider area and fewer children and young people and their families would have to travel – but in this option, there would need to be a paediatric triage site in Southport with children and young people requiring admission needing to travel to Ormskirk. Continued inside

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