Building Better Hospitals consultation events
The consultation runs until 21 December 2020 and concerns the services delivered at the three main hospitals in Leicester, and the midwifery-led unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Melton Mowbray.
The events will take place online, using Microsoft Teams, due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure people who aren’t online are still able to participate, there is an option to listen in by telephone and submit any questions in advance.
There are three types of online events – question and answer sessions with a panel of invited guests, public events with the opportunity to discuss the consultation, and workshops on specific topics.
Question and answer sessions
These events can host 1,000-plus attendees, with people able to ask questions during the event via the question and answer box within the Microsoft Teams Live platform, or submit them up to two hours in advance:
- October 12, 7-8.30pm
- October 29, 10-11.30am
- December 7, 7-8.30pm
Public events
These events will host up to 250 people. People will be able to ask questions in exactly the same way as they would have done in a face-to-face public meeting, using the functionality of Microsoft Teams:
- October 14, 2-3.30pm
- October 15, 7-8.30pm
- October 31,10-11.30am
- November 12, 7-8.30pm
- November 21, 2-3.30pm
- November 27, 10-11.30am
- December 2, 7-8.30pm
- December 12, 2-3.30pm
- December 13, 2-3.30pm
Workshops on specific topics
People can get into a discussion with others and give more detailed insights and views at these workshops that are limited to a pre-registered audience of up to 15 people. There is a choice of joining a workshop covering one of three topics on each date:
October 26, 6-7.30pm with topics covering a general discussion, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and Leicester General
- November 9, 11am-12.30pm, with topics covering a general discussion, carers, and maternity
- November 18, 6-7.30pm, with topics covering maternity, Glenfield Hospital, and Leicester General
- November 19, 6-7.30pm, with topics covering a general discussion, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and the children’s hospital
- November 23, 6-7.30pm, with topics covering a general discussion, Glenfield Hospital, and Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Details of how to join the online events will be available on the consultation website: www.betterhospitalsleicester.nhs.uk. All the insights and feedback from the events will be captured and incorporated into the consultation to be analysed and evaluated.
“These online events are a great way of helping more people to find out about the proposals and ask questions of leading clinicians and managers, than would have been possible at face-to-face meetings before the pandemic.
“We are spreading the message far and wide through the consultation documents, flyers, posters, media publicity, website, videos, social media and online meetings. In addition, voluntary and community sector representatives are supporting these efforts by using their extensive networks to further engage with local communities. We want as many people as possible to be engaged in this consultation and to have their say by completing the consultation questionnaire.”
Andy Williams, Chief Executive for the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland clinical commissioning groups
The consultation is being run by the three NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland – Leicester City CCG, West Leicestershire CCG, and East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG.
Further information on the public consultation is available via phone 0116 295 0750, email beinvolved@LeicesterCityCCG.nhs.uk and the website.
Virtual meeting to discuss consultation proposals for transforming acute hospital and maternity services in LLR
We will be holding a virtual public meeting about these proposals on 28 October at 7pm. After a short overview of the proposals, the floor will be open for public discussion and we want to hear your thoughts on the proposals and how you think they will affect the care you receive as a Rutland resident.
