Have your say on changes to Eltham Community Hospital

Healthier Greenwich Partnership, Greenwich’s Local Care Partnership which includes the main health and social care providers and commissioners in the borough, would like to know what matters to Greenwich people to help them plan health and care services. They would like to invite you to their Public Forum which will include an introduction to the Healthier Greenwich Partnership, a discussion focused on proposals for changes to services provided at Eltham Community Hospital and a general discussion on health and care.

The Healthier Greenwich Partnership Public Forum is an informal meeting for people and groups interested in health and care to:

• Meet local decision makers
• Ask questions
• Share what matters to you and your community
• Influence plans for health and care in Royal Greenwich

Agenda and how to attend

• Introduction to the Public Forum and the Healthier Greenwich Partnership
• Discussion on proposals for changes to services provided at Eltham Community Hospital
• General discussion where you can ask senior representatives of Healthier Greenwich Partnership questions or raise any issues

Changes to Eltham Community Hospital

Healthier Greenwich Partnership would like to hear from you about proposed changes to the services currently provided at Eltham Community Hospital. The proposals would see the intermediate care beds currently provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust at Eltham Hospital move to be with similar beds at Meadow View ward, Queen Mary’s Hospital. The proposed Diagnostic centre, would provide up to 64,339 additional scans and 27,418 blood tests per year by increasing existing capacity for ultrasound scans, blood tests and X-rays and creating new capacity for CT scans, MRI scans, respiratory and cardiac diagnostics. 

There are several ways you can have your say:

• Join the Healthier Greenwich Partnership Public Forum on 14 September
• Join a focus group at Eltham Hospital on Thursday 8 September from 10am-12midday. Email abu.siddikki@selondonics.nhs.uk to book your place
• Read the full proposals and join the conversation: https://letstalkhealthandcareselondon.org/elthamhospital
• Complete the short survey https://letstalkhealthandcareselondon.org/cdcsurvey (it should take no longer than 5 minutes)

You can attend in person at the Woolwich Centre or join the meeting online using Zoom.