Issue - meetings

To consider a report prepared by the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on proposals relating to The Millbrook Unit, Macclesfield

The Committee considered a report regarding the consolidation of mental health inpatient services at the Millbrook Unit, Macclesfield.

A public consultation exercise had been carried out by the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust about consolidating Adult and Older People’s services from two sites to one in Central and Eastern Cheshire.  The results of the consultation exercise suggested broad approval to centralise onto a single site, support for continuing to develop new ways of working which would enable a reduction in inpatient beds and the expansion of community services and making investments to improve the patient environment.

A number of changes were proposed:

      Closure of the mental health inpatient unit at Leighton Hospital and transfer of services to either Millbrook Unit, Macclesfield or Bowmere Hospital, Chester.  There would be three acute inpatient wards at Millbrook and adaptations made to Bowmere to accommodate extra services;

      The overall impact on inpatient beds was a reduction of 4; there would be no changes to bed numbers in Wirral during the implementation of the changes;

      CWP remained committed to improving the patient environment in South East Cheshire and the re-provision project team would report on the options for delivering this in March 2011.

RESOLVED:  That the update report be noted.