The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
An excellent start as we shape the future
Work is moving ahead to improve Lanarkshire’s health services by delivering on Achieving Excellence.
The goal through NHS Lanarkshire’s healthcare strategy Achieving Excellence is to shape our health and social care services to meet the needs of the population of Lanarkshire, particularly as people are living longer than before. We will shift the balance away from treatment in hospital and provide more care in primary and community settings, or in people’s own homes. Where required, hospital care will be organised into centres of excellence to provide specialised clinical services for patients.
The healthcare strategy is both aligned to, and dependent upon, the strategic commissioning plans of the two health and social care partnerships
A series of short-life working groups are leading the implementation of this programme of change, which will extend over several years.
The groups are Building Community Capacity, Long-term Conditions, Acute Planned Care, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Maternity and Early Years, Fraility, Workforce, Infrastructure, Finance, and Engagement and Communications.
Progress is being made across these groups. This includes setting up of a review of General Surgery to develop options for the future delivery of the service.
A new Modernising Out Patients programme has also been launched with key stakeholders. The programme includes: Dermatology; Ear, Nose and Throat; Gynaecology; Respiratory; Ophthalmology; Neurology; and Gastroenterology.
Plans are being developed to work towards the aim in Achieving Excellence of delivering Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), which includes chemotherapy, on a single site.
Work is underway to develop the service model for maternity and paediatrics to reflect changing demographics of the population.
The Primary Care and Mental Health Transformation Programme is underway to transform our approach to how the public access general practice and how primary care services are delivered.
In mental health, the aim in Achieving Excellence is to develop a two-site model for acute admissions for 2020. Recent progress has included working towards acute adult psychiatry and old age psychiatry ward moves in September 2017.
For more information visit: www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/Involved/consultation/healthcare-strategy .
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