Consultation on Urgent Primary Care Services in Oldham

Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group - Consultation on Urgent Primary Care Services in Oldham

The proposals at a glance...

• A new Urgent Care Treatment Service delivered by locally tailored Urgent Care Hubs in each local cluster area, offering bookable urgent GP appointments
• A single point of entry via patients’ own GP practices
• A&E to triage patients on arrival into either emergency or GP-led primary care streams, based on their medical needs
• A single care plan and medical records shared between GPs, hospital clinicians and other health and social care professionals.

You can read more about why they are consulting on these changes, what the options are and the current challenges facing Urgent Primary Care Services in Oldham.

Their consultation prospectus is available at the link provided below:

http://www.oldhamccg.nhs.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=z4wE3f5Xiu4%3d&portalid=0

Get involved in the consultation

The CCG will be consulting the public on the proposals for 8 weeks between 9 October and 4 December 2017.

This will build on pre-consultation activities previously undertaken to gather views and experiences of the public, as well as prior conversations on urgent and primary care.

During the consultation, the CCG will be out and about completing surveys in all 5 local cluster areas within Oldham as well as surrounding areas or you can complete the consultation questionnaire online at the link provided below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CCGconsultation2017

The CCG will also be making presentations to a wide range of community groups, with a particular emphasis on those representing disadvantaged people.

The CCG Governing Body will consider the consultation findings alongside other information before coming to a final decision.