Clacton Hospital: Minor Injuries Units

(asked on 17th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of closing Clacton Hospital's Minor Injuries Unit on accident and emergency provision at Colchester General Hospital.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 20th January 2017

These are matters for the local National Health Service. No such assessments have therefore been made by the Department.

All service changes should be based on clear evidence that they will deliver better outcomes for patients. It is right that these decisions are led by local clinicians, who best understand the healthcare needs of their local populations, and in consultation with local people.

Changes must meet the four tests for service change: they must have support from general practitioner commissioners, be based on clinical evidence, demonstrate public and patient engagement, and consider patient choice.

We understand that North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently consulting local people on the future provision of local urgent care services.

The CCG has liaised with the local Service Resilience Operational Group to assess the impact of all the potential options.

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