Monitoring the impact of changes to trauma and orthopaedic services
Following engagement with recent patients, staff and partner organisations, we are testing changes to the existing configuration of trauma and orthopaedic services across our hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester, to understand the potential impact of centralising some of our trauma and orthopaedic services.
The changes will see us treat all trauma patients who require an emergency inpatient stay or surgery on broken bones at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH), with Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH), in Winchester, becoming a centre of excellence for hip and knee replacement surgery.
We will be monitoring a wide range of quality and experience measures to ensure we see positive results and are able to quickly address any negative impact.
We would like to hear views about how we can make this work as smoothly and effectively as possible and how we can minimise the impact on staff and patients.
If you have been directly affected by the changes, please could you complete a more-specific patient survey so we can find out more about your experience: