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About the JSR

Dr David Law, GP and Clinical Commissioner on Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group, said:

"These services don't always fit well together for the patient, so this is a good opportunity for us to sit down and discuss what would work well for the patient and help them have a smooth and high quality experience. This might include quicker access to services, or easier processes to get appointments with specialists."

Planned Care 29 March
Listen to Dr David Law, Co-Chair of the Clinical Working Group, talk about the Group's thinking for future Planned Care services

Planned Care Clinical Working Group

During March and April, the Clinical Working Group reviewing planned care services discussed options for delivering planned, or elective, surgery, including day cases and outpatients, to ensure that high quality, safe and affordable services could be delivered into the future.

The group considered how to improve integration of care between hospitals and GPs. They looked at ‘best practice’ evidence from other health trusts around the country and discussed how these models of care might be used to provide services locally in the community, offer rapid access to consultants for example through ‘urgent outpatient’ appointments, offer the highest quality specialist care with locally provided out-patient services, and make best use of existing facilities such as operating theatres.

The group developed potential models for each speciality that could offer patients a streamlined access to planned care with joined up support from other specialities and allied professionals.

Have your say:

We welcome your input to the discussions and invite you to 'have your say' by joining our discussion forum or by emailing us your thoughts and suggestions.

Visit our Get Involved pages to find out about other ways to take part in the Joint Services Review.

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Membership of the Clinical Working Group

The group is co-chaired by:
David Law, GP, R&B Clinical Commissioning Group
Chris Catchpole, Consultant Microbiologist, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (WAHT)

The other members are:
Stephen Lake, Clinical Director, Surgery, WAHT
Sudip Sarker, Consultant Surgeon – Colorectal, WAHT
Melwyn Pereira, Consultant Surgeon – T&O, WAHT
David Robinson, Consultant Surgeon – T&O, WAHT
Graham James, Consultant Surgeon – Maxillofacial, WAHT
Julian Berlet, Clinical Director – Anaesthetics, WAHT
Paul Moran, Consultant - O&G, WAHT
Adel Makar, Clinical Lead – Cancer Services, WAHT
Chris Phillips, Consultant Radiologist, WAHT
Julie Kite, Matron, WAHT
Ann Carey, Head of Nursing, WAHT
Anne-Marie Lewis, Matron – Surgery, AGH, WAHT
Amanda Moore, Matron, WAHT
Dr John O’Driscoll, GP, South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
John Cassidy, GP, R&B Clinical Commissioning Group
James Goodman, GP, Wyre Forest CCG Clinical Commissioning Group
Dr Sumit Bhaduri, Deputy Medical Director for Planned Care, Worcs Health and Care Trust
Lin Ingles, Matron, Malvern Community Hospital, Worcestershire Health and Care Trust
Chris Emerson, Commissioning (CCG/Cluster)
Vivienne England, General Manager – Surgery, WAHT
Jane Cartwright, Physiotherapy Service Lead, Worcs Health and Care Trust

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