Your health, your future, your say – transforming community health services in Plymouth and Western Devon

Doctors in Western Devon are inviting people to help shape the future of health services in their communities.

Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is set to work with patients, carers, councillors and members of the public to decide how community healthcare services should look and be provided in future.

This follows the national Transforming Community Services programme and will inform the future of healthcare in Western Devon from 2016 – 2020. There will be opportunities to make improvements prior to then.

The work will be led across Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon by Dr Steve Harris, a GP from Ivybridge, who said the CCG wanted to make sure patients and the public were fully involved in decisions about healthcare developments.

“Our vision is healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities,” he said.

“If we are to truly make this a reality, we must change the way healthcare services are run, moving the focus away from merely treating disease to prevention.

“We also need to think about targeting NHS services where they are needed and are most clinically effective.

“The public know a great deal about the NHS and their expertise as patients is invaluable when we are designing services.”

The TCS programme will run from now until October 2015.

To make sure people can have their say there will be a number of events offering them the chance to hear what other members of the public have already contributed and to share their own thoughts. These events are taking place in:

Plymouth 12th November 18.00-20.00 Plymouth Guildhall
Kingsbridge 13th November 18.00-20.00 Kingsbridge Library
Tavistock 14th November 18.00-20.00 Bedford Hotel, Tavistock
Plymouth 19th November 18.00-20.00 Boringdon Park Golf Club
Plymouth 20th November 14.00-16.00 Stonehouse Creek Social Club
Ivybridge 26th November 14.00-16.00 Ivybridge Methodist Church
Plymouth 27th November 18.00-20.00 Futures Inn, Plymouth

To become involved, please register your interest at westernlocality@nhs.net or visit our web pages to find out more:
http://www.newdevonccg.nhs.uk/western/your-health-your-future-your-say/1...

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