Views on closure of service
People were able to have their say on the closure of a specialist service for people with head injuries in Bath last week.
A public meeting was held at The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases to give patients and their family the chance to voice their concerns over the closure of the neurological rehabilitation service.
The hospital, known as the Min, is axing the service from the end of the month in an attempt to balance its books.
Patients attending the meeting complained they would have to travel further for treatment, and were concerned about losing the high quality support they receive at the Min.
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The board that runs the Min decided to stop providing the neurological rehabilitation service after its income fell by 50 per cent in the past two years,
Councillors on a B&NES Council watchdog panel were concerned by the decision, and requested another meeting to discuss the closure of the service in more detail.
NHS B&NES and specialist NHS officials put on the public meeting, and findings will be presented to the panel at its next meeting on March 22.
A spokesman for the Min said: "The NHS will continue to provide the high quality specialised neuro-rehabilitation services for people who need them. The views of the public, patients and carers will inform the preferred option for reprovision."
2 Comments
by georgeodam
Friday, March 08 2013, 1:05PM
“Ever since the merger with RUH was mooted governors of RNHRD and patients have been told by the hospital's Directorate that the services they value most will be protected and that patient needs will be properly assessed. However it is clear that this promise is unlikely to be kept and there are other more unique and research-based services in unusual forms of chronic rheumatic conditions and chronic incurable pain in which The Min specialises. The decision on neuro-rehabilitation, shows that the promises are hollow and that the current Directorate have no actual power. We still do not know if the RUH will become a Foundation Trust and if and when it does, then who will be taking decisions, and against what criteria, on the continuation and development of research-based services that will deeply affect patients, local, national and international who use and depend on these brilliant services.”
by CaptainD
Thursday, March 07 2013, 5:31PM
“Here's an idea; if all the patients claim that their injuries were as a a result of or related to bicycling activites, then good old Phsyclepath Symmonds could give them some of the £500K he is currently puzzling over how to waste.”