Service Planning, Access Analysis and Public Consultation in the Rawmarsh and Wath areas of Rotherham
Work started in January 2007 and was completed in December 2008.
Initially, health planning input was required in relation to the potential re-configuration of the primary care estate in Rawmarsh and Wath. We reviewed the development options in these localities and helped to ensure that the investment being proposed by the PCT and its key stakeholders was fully supported by the local communities concerned. Key tasks included:
- Agreeing a “Wath and Rawmarsh Vision” for services in these localities
- Assisting with the establishment of a new APMS practice under the “Primary Care Access in the UK” (Darzi) initiative
- Recommending a solution to the problem of inadequate GP practice premises
- Helping to develop an agreed consensus on the medium/long term configuration of local health services
- Helping to ensure that decisions on future service changes were agreed with neighbouring PCTs
- Preparation of business cases for the schemes concerned for future capital investments resulting from the agreed vision and configuration options.
The consultancy support was required to complement and underpin the ongoing Darzi procurement process and also to ensure that any investment by the PCT was fully supported by both clinicians and the local community to be served. The work has determined the future configuration of local health services in Wath and Rawmarsh and provided premises solutions which will meet the long-term policy objectives of the PCT. |
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