Surviving Major Trauma – public engagement
The NHS has recognised the potential for improvement in the management of severe injury and major trauma and has committed to improving services for major trauma care, and introducing regional Trauma Networks across England from April 2012.
This includes the creation of a Major Trauma Centre (MTC), which for our region will be at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) in Cambridge.
The MTC is a new service which, once up and running, will support the existing work of the hospitals in the region; because of this there will be no changes to current accident and emergency provision at any of the region’s acute hospitals and it is predicted that they will all become Trauma Units, continuing with and improving the levels of care they already provide.
The SCG has been working with clinicians from providers across the care pathway from emergency medicine to rehabilitation to establish the Trauma Network and how it will work.
Engagement documents:
Please take a few minutes to read the information pack and complete the feedback questionnaire, returning it by 6 February, 2012.
You can return your completed questionnaire by email to Majortraumafeedback@eoescg.nhs.uk or print the questionnaire and return it by post to:
FREEPOST RSEL-JKTR-LLLCE
East of England Specialised Commissioning Group
Endeavour House
Coopers End Road
Stansted
Essex
CM24 1SJ
There will also be a number of discovery events taking place between now and January – more details can be found here
All of the feedback will be analysed and a report submitted to the East of England Specialised Commissioning Group Board in March 2012.
For more information visit www.eoescg.nhs.uk