Ward 6 Consultation

UPDATE: Event Bookings Now Live

Event booking are now live for the two public consultations for Stroke Rehabilitation Services and Inpatient Rehabilitation (Ward 6) at Bishop Auckland Hospital.

See below to book your place.

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PATIENTS are to be offered the opportunity to get back into their own homes sooner with a proposal to increase hospital rehabilitation support.

NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), North Durham CCG and Darlington CCG have launched a ten-week public consultation to review the services on Ward 6, Bishop Auckland Hospital.

The 24-bed ward currently delivers nurse- led step down care for patients, many of who are medically well but unable to return home immediately.

The existing Ward 6 service provides limited therapy input and is not a specific rehabilitation facility. Beds on Ward 6 have been used for patients waiting for packages of care or other assessments to assist them before they return home.

Following a review of services, a clinically based proposal has been put forward by the CCG to repurpose the unit into an inpatient rehabilitation facility, offering patients dedicated therapy support to help them leave hospital sooner and get back to where they live.

We’re Listening – ‘info-graphic’:

Following the pause due to the general election, we wanted to take this opportunity to share a brief summary of some of the comments that had been received through the work undertaken prior to ‘purdah’ coming into effect. You can see a snapshot of this information in our Ward 6 – ‘We’re Listening’ Info-graphic

Have your say

There are a number of ways that you will be able to contribute to the discussions as part of the consultation.

Online:

An electronic version of the questionnaire is available for you to complete to share your thoughts and views regarding the options presented in the consultation.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Ward6-BishopAuckland

Getting in touch with us

You can share your thoughts and comments by getting in touch with the CCG directly through either using the contact email address and answerphone shown below. You can also use these details to register for the public events

Email – my.view@nhs.net

Answerphone – 0191 389 8609

In person

As part of the consultation we will be holding four public events. These will be 2 hour meetings providing opportunities for you to hear presentations from the CCG and Foundation Trust about the options presented and to share your views. To help us support the events effectively, please use the online link included in the table below (or the contact details above) to inform us which event you are looking to attend.

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