06 February 2013
Centralisation of Head & Neck, Breast Care and Urology services from 25 March 2013
These changes relate to:
- Breast care (excluding breast screening)
- Ear Nose and Throat services (ENT)
- Head and Neck Cancer;
- Oral maxillo-facial surgery (OMFS)
- Orthodontic outpatient services
- Urology services
- Audiology services
The way in which a number of services are delivered across
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire is changing from
the end of March 2013.
Head and Neck, Ear, Nose and Throat , Oral & Maxillofacial
and Orthodontic services
These will be provided and managed by University Hospitals
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. All planned surgery will take place
at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and St Michael's Hospital. Ear, Nose
and Throat outpatient appointments will be offered at a range of
locations including Southmead and St Michael's Hospitals
and Nailsea and Clevedon community settings. Oral &
Maxillo-facial surgery outpatient appointments will be offered at
Frenchay and Bristol Dental Hospitals and Lydney, with orthodontic
outpatient services being provided from Frenchay and Bristol Dental
Hospital.
Audiology services will continue to be provided from Southmead,
Frenchay, Cossham and St Michael's Hospitals.
These will be provided and managed by North Bristol NHS Trust.
All planned surgery and associated outpatient appointments will
take place at Southmead Hospital. All oncology appointments will be
at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre . The breast screening
service will not change, although it is planned for this service to
also be transferred to North Bristol NHS Trust in spring
2014.
These will be provided and managed by North Bristol NHS Trust.
All planned complex surgery will take place at Southmead Hospital.
Simple day case operations will take place at both Southmead
Hospital and South Bristol Community Hospital. Outpatient
appointments will be offered at Southmead, Cossham and Thornbury
Hospitals, Portishead, Bristol Royal Infirmary, South Bristol
Community Hospital and Clevedon Hospital.
Dr Chris Burton and Dr Sean O'Kelly, Medical Directors at North
Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation
Trust, respectively, said: "These changes are designed to
significantly improve clinical outcomes for patients and to create
the conditions for centres of excellence to develop and grow in
Bristol, which is good for healthcare in the long term in our
region. The development of these service changes has been led from
the start by our senior doctors and nurses, and has involved
patients, carers and the wider public in their design."
Patients with existing appointments
For those patients with appointments coming up, we will be
writing to you separately to explain what the changes could mean to
you and where and when your next appointment will be. We will also
be giving your GP information so that they are clear on how to
refer you and under whose care you reside.
As the changes bring together the current clinical teams at
Southmead and Frenchay, together with those from the Bristol Royal
Infirmary, St Michael's Hospital and Bristol Dental Hospital, in
most cases your care will remain under your existing consultant
team, although you may be seen in a different location. As part of
the change, we will also be moving the relevant parts of your
medical records to ensure that we provide continuity of care and,
following patient feedback, are taking the opportunity to improve
the way in which we deliver services, by reducing unnecessary waste
or duplication and investing the savings in better
healthcare.
For further information about the project to centralise these
clinical services please visit: the Healthy Futures web page.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to send an
email to the relevant address below:
breastservicetransfer@nbt.nhs.uk
urologyservicetransfer@nbt.nhs.uk
headandneckservicetransfer@uhbristol.nhs.uk
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