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Draft public consultation feedback reports on proposed changes to services at local community hospitals - now published
D raft public consultation feedback reports of feedback gained during the recent NHS consultation led by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board have now been published.
The feedback gathered from participants has been independently analysed from information gathered during public events, on the Virtual Views engagement platform , from surveys, focus groups and other submissions.
Read the draft public consultation feedback report
- Download draft public consultation feedback report: Draft public consultation report MHS Mid and South Essex (ics.nhs.uk)
- View short presentation video of the public consultation feedback: Community capacity consultation 2024: draft consultation report presentation - YouTube
People who gave feedback are invited to review the report to make sure it accurately reflects the feedback they provided during the consultation. Feedback should be provided to NHSConsultation@WeAreStand.co.uk or in writing to: Stand, Enterprise House, Barnard Castle DL12 8XT, by 31 July 2024.
Register for the on-line feedback event
An online feedback session has been organised to take place on 18 July at 6.30pm, where people can hear directly from the independent analysts who drafted the report.
Register to take part in the on-line feedback session
Read the draft report of the public consultation hearing
The public consultation hearings sessions were special events where groups or individuals presented directly to NHS leaders on the issues they thought were important and should be included in the consultation.
People who took part in these events are being contacted directly and invited to check that the public consultation hearing report accurately reflects their presentation at the hearings.
- Download the draft public consultation hearing report here: DRAFT hearing report and Appendices for DRAFT hearing report (This document is a PDF portfolio, which is a collection of individual PDFs, and must be opened on a desktop version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Next steps
The published reports providing the feedback from the public consultation will be presented to the Mid and South Essex ICB Board at their Board meeting on 11 July 2024. No decisions about the proposals in the public consultation will be made at this meeting.
The feedback received will be used to inform the decision-making process, which will be presented at an extraordinary Mid and South Essex ICB Board meeting. This meeting is scheduled to take place as a meeting in public on 30 September 2024. Further information about this meeting will be available on the NHS Mid and South Essex website in due course. At this meeting, all feedback and evidence will be given careful consideration as part of the decision-making process.