Hywel Dda University Health Board says:
Transforming Clinical Services – Help us improve our NHS for Mid and West Wales
Hywel Dda University Health Board has launched a new clinically-led engagement and listening exercise to ask local residents and stakeholders exactly what they want from their future NHS services. Take part on Facebook or by online questionnaire.
This is your chance to tell/ask the Health Board about:
- the difficulty in getting a diagnosis for suspected ME
- the lack of knowledge about ME and its key characteristic (the post exertional response) throughout the Health Board
- the lack of quality in the care of people with ME
- why the ME specialist consultant is no longer allowed to hold ME clinics
- why people with ME don’t get appropriate referrals to medical or support services
- why there are no home based palliative care services for the severely affected
- why the severely affected are made more ill by ill informed nursing and social care at home which forces patients to do more for themselves than is good for them, leading to relapse and increase in symptoms
- why no person with ME is given a care plan as recommended by NICE
- etc. etc.
The Health Board goes on to say:
We want everyone to have a good experience of our services and we also want to make sure that we spend your money wisely. We believe the best way to do this is to connect with local people, our staff and with partner organisations in order to jointly think about how best to run services.
‘Transforming Clinical Services’ invites you to join in our big conversation about our local NHS. We want to talk to and hear from patients, the public, carers, Community Health Councils, local authorities, the third sector – in fact everyone who uses, cares about or interacts with our services. We want to listen to the views and experiences of many people and groups to help develop a range of solutions that genuinely meet the needs of our communities.
The four key things we think we must do better:
- Quality of care
- Meeting the changing needs of patients
- Making our resources go further
- Joining up services
Where do we need to make changes in these services?
- Out of hospital care
- Urgent and emergency care
- Planned care
Key documents:
Please read our documents and tell us what you think by 15 September 2017. If you need these documents to be translated into another language or format, such as large print or audio, please call 01554 899 056 or email tcs@wales.nhs.uk
To complete the questionnaire online with your views about our ideas and plans for Transforming Clinical Services go to: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/tgc-tcs
Before completing the questionnaire online check out the questions first, take your time thinking how you want to answer them, and then cut and paste your answers into the online form. Remember to pace yourself!
Live Facebook Q&A – Tuesday 29 August , 6pm – 8pm
Clinicians will be available to talk to at www.facebook.com/hywelddahealthboard about Transforming Clinical Services, our big conversation about our local NHS.
If you can’t join us but would like to ask a question, please send it to communications.hdd@wales.nhs.uk and these will be put to the panel. All questions and answers from the events will be made available on our website http://www.hywelddahb.wales.nhs.uk/
