Hear about the future of orthopaedic services and get your questions answered

Healthwatch Sefton is holding a session for Sefton residents to ensure that everyone is aware of proposals for orthopaedic services and how they will be delivered in the future. The two hour session will be held:

Wednesday 19th July 2017

10.00am – 12.00 noon

at St Stephen’s Church Hall, 3 Hester Close, Hightown, Liverpool L38 0BP (there is a car park located at the church hall and on street parking is available). The Hall is located within walking distance of Hightown train station.

Please let us know if you need help with directions to the venue. Refreshments will be available.

The session will allow residents an opportunity to hear more about proposals for a single orthopaedics service for Liverpool’s hospitals. The clinicians behind the proposals will share their thinking and you will have an opportunity to ask questions about the proposal.

We want to make sure that you are fully aware of plans which will impact on the future delivery of services so book your place at the session now by emailing info@healthwatchsefton.co.uk  or call 0151 920 0726 ( ext,240), 0800 206 1304 or text us on 07434 810438

A little bit more about what is being proposed

Under proposals, orthopaedics specialists at Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust would join together to become a single team, working across all three hospital sites.

This would involve separating most planned and unplanned orthopaedics care onto separate hospital sites, which would mean some operations taking place in a different place to where they do currently.

Under the proposed changes, most planned procedures such as hip and knee replacements, would take place at Broadgreen, whilst most unplanned procedures would take place at Aintree, which is already the Major Trauma Centre for Cheshire and Merseyside.

Local orthopaedic doctors believe that this would improve patient care, giving all patients better access to the right doctors for their specific need, and helping meet higher clinical standards.

In order to enable the proposal to take place, some ear, nose and throat (ENT) services would also need to be moved from Broadgreen to Aintree, and some urology and general surgery services would also need to move from Broadgreen to the Royal Liverpool site.

Can’t make the session?

If you are not able to attend the session, don’t worry you can still share your thoughts about the proposal by:-

• Taking a short survey – visit www.healthyliverpool.nhs.uk
• If online isn’t your thing you can request a paper copy of the summary leaflet and questionnaire – just send your postal address to involvement@liverpoolccg.nhs.uk or call 0151 296 7537 and information will be sent to you, which you can return via a freepost envelope that will be provided.
• The team leading the public consultation we will be out speaking to local communities about the proposed changes and what they mean. If you have a group, network, forum etc that you would like them to attend, contact the Healthy Liverpool team using the details above.