Public Invited to Building Better Hospitals Consultation Events

A series of online events has been arranged to help people find out more and ask questions about proposals to spend £450 million transforming acute hospital and maternity services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The events have been arranged as part of the Building Better Hospitals for the Future public consultation, which launched at the end of September and runs until 21st December 2020.

The consultation concerns the services delivered at the three main hospitals in Leicester, run by University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust, as well as services delivered at the midwifery-led unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Melton Mowbray.

The consultation 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.

The public 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.

The public events began in October and continue with the following dates:
12th November (7-8.30pm), 21st November (2-3.30pm), 27th November (10-11.30am), 2nd December (7-8.30pm), 12th December (2-3.30pm) and 13th December (2-3.30pm).

In addition to these events, a number of workshops on specific topics within the consultation are being held so people can get into a discussion with others and give more detailed insights and views. These will be limited to a pre-registered audience of up to 15 people. People will have the choice of joining a workshop covering one of three topics on each date.

The workshops will take place on:
9th November (11am-12.30pm) with topics covering a general discussion, carers and maternity
18th November (6-7.30pm) with topics covering maternity, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General
19th November (6-7.30pm) with topics covering a general discussion, Leicester Royal Infirmary and the children’s hospital
23rd November (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.
Further information on the public consultation is available via phone 0116 295 0750, email beinvolved@LeicesterCityCCG.nhs.uk and the website www.betterhospitalsleicester.nhs.uk