MOLESEY HOSPITAL TO CLOSE?

WHAT YOU CAN DO

BACKGROUND:  Health & Hospital services for Molesey are now controlled by the Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group, (SDCCG).    They control 5 Community Hospitals: COBHAM, LEATHERHEAD, MOLESEY, DORKING and EPSOM/EWELL.

They are now consulting on 4 options – 2 of which close Molesey Hospital!

They have already reviewed:-  Location of Services,  Number of patients,  Quality of Care,  Current Buildings,  Health Needs,  Population Changes.

They are now consulting on:-  Hospital Services,  New Health Services,  Staff Recruiting,  Support from local hospital ‘Friends’ organisations.

SUMMARY OF SERVICES & BASIC COSTS:

Community         Outpatients         Wards Used/           Inpatients        Usable Space                        

 Hospital                Per Year         Ward Capacity          Per Year           in Sq/Metres     

Cobham                 12,000                   Nil/18                       Nil                    1263

Dorking                  26,000                   28/28                       500                  2202

Leatherhead           37,000                   Nil/18                       Nil                    2217

Molesey                   5,000                   12/12                       200                    867

Epsom/Ewell            6,000                   20/20                        300                  1525

 

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Community:           Capital Investment             Current Yearly              Future Yearly                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 Hospital               to Modern Standards              Site Costs           Site costs: per sq.m/Total

 

Cobham:                 £884,000                                 £773,000               £647/ £817,161

Dorking                    £3.1m                                   £699,000                £389/ £855,983

Leatherhead            £3.7m                                   £824,000                £455/ £1,000,799

Molesey                   £1.9m                                   £452,000                 £635/ £550,614

Epsom/Ewell           £2.1m                                   £514,000                 £409/ £623,496

CHANGES SDCCG WANTS TO MAKE:

*Get patients in community hospitals quickly

*Agree types of Healthcare, hence patients at each location

*Review special Neuro care at Epsom/Ewell, (brain injury/stroke)

*Look at ways of providing Healthcare—more outpatients, less inpatients

*Look at where beds should be provided—possibly fewer beds but larger wards

*Buy more Physio and Occupational treatments to get patients out of hospital quicker

Having considered the above, 4 options have been put out for public consultation from

28^th January 2016 to May 5^th 2016.   These options are:

 

OPTION 1.  *Keep the 3 ward model at Dorking, Molesey and Epsom/Ewell

*Leatherhead to be Care Centre (Outpatients/Clinics), not open ward

*All outpatients service as of now, (presumably Cobham stays as is)

 

OPTION 2.  *Transfer Epsom/Ewell inpatient and specialist neuro services to Epsom General

Hospital & distribute outpatient services, i.e. close Epsom/Ewell

*Dorking & Molesey to remain as is, (presumably also Cobham as is)

*Leatherhead to be Care Centre (Outpatients/Clinics), not open ward

 

OPTION 3.  *Transfer Molesey inpatients to Cobham (opening Cobham ward) and Molesey

outpatients to clinics and GP’s, i.e. closing Molesey

*Dorking and Epsom/Ewell remain as is

*Leatherhead to Care Centre (Outpatients/Clinics), not open ward

 

OPTION 4   *This combines first parts of Options 2 & 3, e.g.

*Transfer services at Epsom/Ewell as per Option 2, i.e. close Epsom/Ewell

*Transfer Molesey services as per Option 3, i.e. closing Molesey

*Dorking remains as is

*Leatherhead to be Care Centre (Outpatients/Clinics), not open ward

 

These Options have been decided on: Quality of Care, Patient Needs, Convenience for Patients, Transport (available), Estate Costs & Condition, Overall Costs, NHS Services, Space Available, Staffing.

 

HAVE YOUR SAY

A) Get a free booklet with freepost return questionnaire from SDCCG from:

FREEPOST RTEY-LSGG-UHBE, Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group, Cedar Court,

Guildford Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.  KT22 9AE

B) Fill in the questionnaire  – log into www.surreydownsccg.nhs.uk , then enter ‘ Improving community hospital care’ in the search box at the top. This takes you to a list of projects. The consultation document is the second in the list.

C) Email your views to

D) Contact SDCCG by SMS through their telephone service on 07912 998809 this is a textphone number (and was previously incorrectly written on this site and in the latest newsletter)

E) Watch out for advertised dates of SDCCG ‘Launch’ dates for Consultations and attend the

meeting.

THE MOLESEY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VIEW

It is clear that Molesey Hospital is the smallest and oldest unit and may be the costliest to run in the future.  It is therefore likely to be promoted for closure at the end of this SDCCG consultation. Closure would mean inpatients would have to go to Cobham and outpatients could be sent anywhere. 

Councillor Ivan Regan spoke on this matter on BBC Radio Surrey on the 16th February, it can be heard here on iplayer – Cllr. Regan on BBC Surrey

ONLY IF A MASS OF MOLESEY RESIDENTS MAKE A FUSS AND SUPPORT OPTION 1 or OPTION 2 WILL MOLESEY KEEP ITS HOSPITAL.

ALL MOLESEY RESIDENTS SHOULD ACT NOW!

Published on Sunday, February 7th, 2016
in General Interest