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1) The Bristol Health Services Plan:
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| The Local NHS is consulting (until 10
December) on plans to improve the health services across Bristol, South
Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
Part of its plan is to "develop more outpatient
services and diagnostic services at Thornbury Hospital and to ensure this
care is provided in a more integrated way with primary care services. We
are committed to maintaining intermediate care beds at Thornbury
Hospital..."
Click here
for the Bristol Health Services Plan website which contains the full
consultation document.
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2) August 2004: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health
Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) announce plans to close Grace Ward at Thornbury
Hospital
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| AWP runs Grace Ward at present, and is facing
financial problems which means it needs to reduce the costs of its
services. Its final decisions will be made in March/April 2005. Proposals
for older people include:
"Transfer the service (and the resource) from
Grace Ward, Thornbury Hospital (10 beds) to Blenheim and Berkeley ward on
Blackberry Hill...South Gloucestershire community services, for example
the community teams and the Severnvale Day Hospital, will be retained in
Thornbury."
Click here for the full set of AWP proposals
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3) September 2004: Thornbury Town Council write
letter of objection to the AWP team
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4) October 2004: Public meeting chaired by local MP
Steve Webb
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5) October 2004: Save Thornbury Hospital
Campaign launched
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6) October 2004: Latest from the Primary Care Trust
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| South Gloucestershire PCT put out a press release on
their commitment to keep beds at the hospital, although this was slightly
inconsistent with their comments at the public meeting held in the
Armstrong Hall earlier in the month (see above).
Click here to read
the PCT's press release
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7) November 2004: Public Meeting at the Armstrong
Hall
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| South Gloucestershire PCT released a
statement saying that they were "committed to the development of
services at Thornbury Hospital": "If, after full public
consultation, a separate proposal from the local Mental Health Trust
to transfer the mental health beds on Grace Ward to Blackberry Hill
Hospital is approved, then the PCT would like to use Grace Ward for
intermediate care."
Click here to read the PCT's statement
in full
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8) January 2005: Mental Health Trust begins
consultation on its proposals for older adults services
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| This includes the following proposals to:
* Transfer 10 inpatient beds for South
Gloucestershire older adults from Grace Ward at Thornbury Hospital
to the new units on Blenheim and Berkeley Wards at Blackberry Hill.
(Transport will be provided for those affected by this proposal);
* Transfer GP respite beds on Grace Ward to the Blackberry Hill
site.
The consultation period lasts until 11 April
2005.
Click here for more details on the consultation and how to respond
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8) 1 March 2005: Public meeting at the Armstrong
Hall, Thornbury - from 7-9pm
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