Chest and lung operations for Adults in South Wales Tell us what you think Easy Read version
About us We are the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee. We are part of the NHS. We buy services that are only provided by a few centres in the UK for patients in Wales. We make sure people can get a chest and lung operation if they need it.
About this consultation We have been thinking about the best way for adults in South Wales to get chest and lung operations. Chest or lung operations can help with things like: Lung cancer Holes in the lung Tests to see what illness someone has We think adults in South Wales need better care.
We have listened to a lot of people already. Now we want to tell you what we think is the best plan. We want to listen to your ideas about our plan. Then Health Boards and a Joint Committee will decide what to do. There are 2 sets of questions at the end of this form.
The 1 st questions are for you to tell us what you think. The 2 nd are for you to tell us a bit about yourself. This will make sure we hear from different groups of people. Please send the forms back to us by Monday 27 th August 2018. You can send your form by: Email post
What the experts told us Chest and lung operations for adults happen in Cardiff and Swansea. We talked to The Royal College of Surgeons. They told us that people in South Wales will get better care if we have 1 team just for people who need chest and lung operations. We listened to other experts too. They told us the same thing.
This is why: We need a centre in South Wales because a lot of adults need chest and lung operations. Staff must be experts in chest and lung operations. That way they can give very good care to people who need them. 1 team working in 1 hospital can give very good care to a lot of people.
What we have thought about How easy will it be for patients to get care at the centre? Will the centre be able to give the care everyone needs in the future? Will the centre be able to do research to find better ways to make care better? How will having 1 big centre affect the other hospitals in South Wales?
What an independent Panel say we should do An Independent Panel gave us advice. They said that the 1 big centre should be at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Health Boards are looking at the best way this can work.
What does 1 big centre at Morriston Hospital mean for patients? Many adults in South Wales will go to Morriston Hospital for chest and lung operations as usual. People who would have had their chest and lung operations in Cardiff Hospital will go to Morriston instead. The journey to Morriston Hospital may be longer for people who have their chest and lung operations in Cardiff at the moment. Nothing will change for people in North Wales and North Powys.
Only the operations and a check-up just before the operation will move to Morriston Hospital. Tests and appointments with your chest doctor and other specialists will not move. Where possible, we want every Health Board to have a chest and lung clinic. This means patients will get better care close to home. They will only need to travel further for their operation and sometimes for a check-up just before it.
Better health care for everyone This is not about saving money. We want people to get the best care possible. The 1 big centre will give people high quality specialist care. Patients are likely to do better in a big centre.
A bigger centre will be better for providing high quality care in the future. It is important that everyone gets better health care. We need to know if some groups of people may not be helped by the change. So at the end of this form, we ask some questions about you. This is so we can listen to different groups of people in South Wales.
What happens next? After everyone tells us what they think we will write a report. It will be shared with Health Boards, Community Health Councils and the Joint Committee. We decide by the end of October 2018 what to do. We will show how we used what people said to help us decide.
Your Community Health Council can tell you more. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg CHC First Floor Cimla Hospital, Neath SA11 3SU Phone: 01639 683490 office.abm@waleschc.org.uk Aneurin Bevan CHC Raglan House, 6-8 William Brown Close, Llantarnam Business Park, Cwmbran NP44 3AB Phone: 01633 838516 enquiries.aneurinbevanchc@waleschc.org.uk Cardiff and Vale CHC Pro-Copy Business Centre (Rear), Parc Tŷ Glas, Llanishen Cardiff CF14 5DU Phone: 02920 750112 Cavog.chiefofficer@waleschc.org.uk
Cwm Taf CHC Unit 10, Maritime Offices, Woodland Terrace, Maesycoed, Pontypridd CF37 1DZ Phone: 01443 405830 Enquiries.CwmTafCHC@waleschc.org.uk Hywel Dda CHC Carmarthenshire Local Committee Suite 5, First Floor, Ty Myrddin, Old Station Road, Carmarthen. SA31 1BT Phone: 01646 697610 Ceredigion Local Committee Welsh Government Building, Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth SY23 3UR Phone: 01646 697610
Pembrokeshire Local Committee Suite 18, Cedar Court, Haven's Head, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire SA73 3LS Phone: 01646 697610 Email: hyweldda@waleschc.org.uk Powys CHC Brecon Office 1st Floor, Neuadd Brycheiniog, Cambrian Way Brecon LD3 7HR Phone: 01874 624206 Email: Katie.blackburn@waleschc.org.uk Newtown Office Room 204 Ladywell House, Newtown SY16 1JB Phone: 01686 627632 Email: Jayne.thornhill@waleschc.org.uk
Chest and Lung operations for Adults in South Wales What would you like to say? Please tell us by 27 August 2018 You can tell us in an email to ThoracicSurgeryReview@wales.nhs.uk or by post to Freepost THORACIC SURGERY There is more information on our website http://www.whssc.wales.nhs.uk/thoracicsurgery-services-in-south-wales
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Filling in this form Please answer the questions on the next page. Answers will be made public, so please underline and highlight things you do not want us to share. Do not include medical information that may give away who it is about. Please spell out any words you made shorter. Please do not include attachments about research articles, letters or leaflets.
We will not keep any personal information you give for more than 7 years. If you, or someone close may make or lose money, or if you have another personal interest in this process please say below.
Question 1 An Independent Panel said that the centre for doing chest and lung operations for adults should be in Morriston Hospital. Do you agree or disagree? Agree Disagree Not sure Please tell us why
Question 2 If Morriston Hospital becomes the centre, what will be important for us to think about and do? Do you want to tell us anything else?
We want to make sure we treat everyone fairly. We want to make sure we hear from all groups of people in South Wales. That is why we are asking these questions about you. You do not have to fill this part of the form in if you don t want to. We will not tell other people what you say. We do not need your name.
Tick one box to answer each question. Age What was the age on your last birthday? Under 16 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 or over Prefer not to say What sex are you? Are you: Male Other Female Prefer not to say Is this the same as when you were born? Yes No Prefer not to say
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