Developing new healthcare facilities in West Mersea through LIFT
Public information and listening exercise
15 December 2008 - 8 March 2009

The West Mersea GP practice has 4 GPs providing services to people across West Mersea and Mersea Island.  The current surgery does not provide adequate facilities from which to deliver existing services and is too small to support further service development.  There is no scope for expansion and no on-site parking for staff or patients.

Plans for a proposed new medical centre are to go on public show.  More details can be found in the document:  Developing new healthcare facilities in West Mersea through LIFT (Adobe Acrobat - 130 Kb)

Any comments can be left in boxes provided at the public events listed below or the West Mersea practice, or can be sent to The LIFT Team, NHS North East Essex, FREEPOST NAT 21857, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 4BR.  You are invited to view the sketch plans and speak with members of the LIFT Team about plans and services at the following public events:

• Wednesday 7 January 2009 - 4.30pm - 7pm: MICA Centre, High Street, West Mersea
• Tuesday 13 January 2009 - 9.30am - 12 noon: MICA Centre, High Street, West Mersea

For more information, telephone the LIFT Team on 01206 286884

Developing new healthcare facilities in Wivenhoe through LIFT
Public information and listening exercise
15 December 2008 - 8 March 2009

The GP practice in Wivenhoe has five GPs who provide services to 10,000 people.  The current surgery is not a purpose built surgery and does not now provide an adequate facility from which to deliver existing services.  It is too small to support further service development and has no scope for expansion.

Plans for a proposed new medical centre in Wivenhoe are to go on public show.  More details can be found in the document:  Developing new healthcare facilities in Wivenhoe through LIFT (Adobe Acrobat - 198 Kb)

Any comments can be left in boxes provided at the public events listed below or at the Wivenhoe GP practice, or can be sent to The LIFT Team, NHS North East Essex, FREEPOST NAT 21857, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 4BR.

North Essex Day Services Modernisation Review
(West Essex PCT and Essex County Council)
Deadline for feedback: 15 November 2008  CONSULTATION CLOSED

This consultation aimed to consult with stakeholders on the proposed model for future day services provided by the Third Sector (voluntary organisations) in North Essex.  This is the first stage of the day services review; the second stage will be to review day hospital care and will be undertaken during 2009.

 North Essex Day Services Modernisation Review (Adobe Acrobat - 231 Kb)

Consultation on The NHS Constitution
Deadline for feedback: 17 October 2008  CONSULATATION CLOSED

The NHS is the world's largest publicly funded health service.

The draft NHS Constitution now records in one place what the NHS does, what it stands for and what it should live up to.  It sets out principles to guide how all parts of the NHS should act and make decisions.

The Government will be required by law to renew the NHS Constitution every 10 years, with the full involvement of the patients who use the health service, the public who fund it and the staff who work in it.  All NHS organisations will be required to take account of the NHS Constitution in the decisions that they make.

To see the draft Constitution and the consultation document, along with leaflets and booklets explaining more, go to the Department of Health's website.

Improving specialist care for newborn babies
A review of neonatal care in Essex     CONSULTATION CLOSED

What's your view? Deadline for feedback: 3 September 2008

For any family, having a baby that needs special or intensive care is possibly one of the most stressful experiences in life.

The NHS organisations in Essex are working together to make sure that babies and families get the best possible life-saving care in local hospitals, and the best access to the highest level of specialised care if they need it.

We needed your views, for example, about care, facilities and family support.  These will be used as part of the review of services in Essex, leading to proposals for public consultation in October 2008.

We were particularly interested in hearing from people who may have been through an experience in neonatal intensive care.  We also needed the views of staff who work within or close to neonatal services.

For more information about the Essex Neonatal Review, have a look at the discussion document or the summary version.

If you would like to see the outcome report, it is available from http://www.escg.nhs.uk/.

Proposed improvements at Epping Close, Frinton Road and North Road Surgeries
Great Clacton and Holland-on-Sea areas
Deadline for feedback: 31 August 2008     CONSULTATION CLOSED

 Great Clacton and Holland-on-Sea - Outcome of Consultation 
(Adobe Acrobat - 117 Kb)

NHS North East Essex (PCT) is aware of the need to improve premises and services for patient in the Great Clacton and Holland-on-Sea areas.  We embarked on a 12-week public consultation into proposed improvements involving the three surgeries listed above.

Read our document outlining our proposals.  Please note that the PCT has written to every patient registered with these practices to enable them to give their own responses.  

For more information, telephone the LIFT Team on  01206 286884  

Towards the best, together
A clinical vision for the NHS in the East of England, now and for the next decade

Deadline for feedback: 4 August 2008   CONSULTATION CLOSED

Every NHS organisation in the east of England asked clinical staff to answer two questions.  What is the best possible service the NHS can provide, and how can we get there?  It is the work of these 200 plus clinicians, staff, stakeholders and patients that is the vision, Towards the best, together.

It is a vision that is clinically led, evidence based, and patient centred.  It makes proposals for improvement across the whole NHS, from before birth for expectant mothers to after death for bereaved families, touching all our lives along the way.

The proposals offer a clear and sustainable future for all Acute Trusts continuing to provide A&E and maternity services.  It sets out how the NHS will respond to patients' desires for care closer to home by localising services where possible, but clearly makes the case for centralisation of some complex care to save more lives.  It identifies where investment is needed in more staff, including hundreds more midwives and clinical psychologists.  It puts in place changes to ensure the NHS becomes a prevention and wellness service, stopping illness and disease, including mental health, before it strikes, as well as world class care when the worst happens.  And it ensures the NHS pays due respect to patients as individuals, treating them as people not diseases or a case number, including when people enter the last year of their life.

These changes will set the NHS on a course Towards the best, together over the next decade as well as delivering on the Improving Lives; Saving Lives pledges made over the next three years.  A strategy for now, and for the next decade.

To view the full consultation document or summary document, visit the NHS East of England's website.

The East of England Strategic Health Authority issued a press release following their Board meeting in September 2008.  The final document will be written in November with all of the revised recommendations, and also an implementation plan.

Proposals for a new GP-led health centre at Colchester Primary Care Centre, incorporating the existing Colchester NHS Walk-in Centre
Relocating the out-of-hours service to the Colchester Primary Care Centre
Deadline for feedback: 4 July 2008  CONSULTATION CLOSED

NHS North East Essex is to provide a new GP-led health centre for its residents.

Following a detailed option appraisal project, the Colchester Primary Care Centre (PCC) in Turner Road, Colchester was selected as the location for this PCT's new GP-led health centre.

Certain core services must be provided at the new GP-led health centre while additional services can also be provided.  One of the core services is a GP-led walk-in service.  As a result, the PCT considered the viability or need to continue with the existing nurse-led Colchester NHS Walk-in Centre located at Middleborough.

The purpose of this consultation exercise was to seek the public's views.  In particular:

• the nature of possible additional services at the new GP-led health centre
• the incorporation of the existing Colchester NHS Walk-in Centre in the new GP-led health centre
• the relocation of the out-of-hours service

This was also an opportunity for the public to comment on these proposals in general.

The patient information leaflet below tells you more about these proposals. 

Following the eight-week consultation, the PCT Board have agreed that the new centre, to be located at Colchester Primary Care Centre in Turner Road, will incorporate the existing Colchester NHS Walk-in Centre and GP out-of-hours service currently located at Middleborough, Colchester.

All views expressed during the consultation were considered very carefully and included in the final consultation analysis.  As a result, a number of actions will be taken by the PCT.  Further information can be found on the press release.

 GP-led health centre and Walk-in Centre patient information leaflet (Adobe Acrobat - 260 Kb)  More information is given in the full consultation document.

If you would like a printed copy of this document, or would like to request it in an alternative format, such as other languages, large print, audio tape etc, contact the PCT's Communications Department by emailing communications@northeastessex.nhs.uk or tel:  01206 286830 .

For Memorandum of Information documents and other information, see our Tenders and Contracts page.

Making healthy choices: Our commitments to you

The ultimate aim of our vision (what we aim to achieve) and our plans (for achieving our vision) is to improve the health of the population of North East Essex, an area covered by Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council.

Following an eight week public consultation, involving a wide range of people, including members of the public, our staff and doctors and nurses; the Board of NHS North East Essex has approved the vision and five year health plan 'Making healthy choices, Our commitments to you'.  Making healthy choices, Our commitments to you (Adobe Acrobat - 1.41 Mb);  Making healthy choices, Our commitments to you - summary version (Adobe Acrobat - 545 Kb)

There was strong support for the PCT's main priorities, but changes were made as a direct result of the 591 responses received.  The biggest single change was to add a ninth commitment 'To improve the health and well-being of children and young people' covering many areas such as obesity, teenage pregnancy, smoking, dental care and alcohol and drug abuse.

Dr Paul Zollinger-Read, PCT Chief Executive, would like to thank everyone who had taken the time and trouble to respond to the consultation.

If you would like a printed copy of this document, or would like to request it in an alternative format, such as other languages, large print, audio tape etc, contact the PCT's Communications Department by emailing communications@northeastessex.nhs.uk or tel:  01206 286830 .

The deadline for feedback is Monday, 1 June 2009.  You may wish to use the feedback form:  Pancreatic Cancer: Services to improve survival: Feedback Form (Word - 1.19 Mb) to send your views or you can submit your comments online via the pancreatic cancer pages at www.escg.nhs.uk where you will find a link to an online survey.

Over the next three months, there is a programme of 'discovery events' for those who would like to be more involved in the issues and planning ahead.  Dates and details are in the summary leaflet and flier: Over the next three months, there is a programme of open discussions for those who would like to be more involved in the issues and planning ahead.  Dates and details are in the summary leaflet and flier: Over the next three months, there is a programme of open discussions for those who would like to be more involved in the issues and planning ahead.  Dates and details are in the summary leaflet and flier:  Pancreatic Cancer: Services to improve survival: Flyer with meeting dates (Adobe Acrobat - 38 Kb).  You can also request a meeting for your group, team or organisation by contacting Ros Stevenson on 01371 877263.

For further information and copies of documents, email pancreatic@eoescg.nhs.uk or contact Ros Stevenson on 01371 877263.