I thought you might be interested in the information sent to me in respect of the proposals to improve kidney care for patients.
Dear Councillor,
On Tuesday 22 June, the proposal to improve kidney care for patients led by the renal clinicians at St Helier and St George's hospitals was shared and discussed by the Committees in Common (CiC). The CiC covers the clinical commissioning groups covering SW London, Surrey Heartlands, Frimley and NHS England & Improvement specialised commissioning.
Following scrutiny by the Committee members and questions submitted from the public, the recommendation to proceed to engagement on the proposal was approved. The engagement plan was also approved.
The next step is for the proposal and engagement plan to be scrutinised by the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for SW London and Surrey on Wednesday 7 July 2021.
All papers relating to this proposal, can be found here: https://swlondonccg.nhs.uk/events/improving-kidney-care-a-proposal-for-renal-services-at-st-georges-st-helier-hospitals-2021/ A recording of the meeting will be uploaded to the website shortly.
For any questions, please email [email protected] or call 020 3574 8659.
Kind regards,
Dr Andrew Murray, Chair of NHS South West London CCG
On Tuesday 22 June 2021, an NHS Committees-in-Common will be discussing a proposal from leading renal clinicians from St Helier and St George’s hospitals to improve kidney care for their patients.
As an important stakeholder, we want you to be aware of these discussions and have the opportunity to be involved at this early stage.
The clinicians’ proposal is to improve the outcome and experience for renal patients who need inpatient care and more specialised outpatient support. They would do this by bringing these services together into a single brand new unit at St George’s.
The new unit would receive around £80m of investment and would increase capacity for this level of care, including extra beds and additional dedicated theatre sessions. Consolidation will also help address issues around quality, efficiency and workforce.
This alternative proposal would cover around 5% of the service’s contact with renal patients. There would be no change to existing dialysis services and renal clinics in local hospitals, satellite units or at home.
Renal clinicians made their proposal during the Improving Healthcare Together consultation in 2020, which agreed six major services, including surgery and intensive care, would move from St Helier to the new Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (SECH) to be built in Sutton by 2026. This means St Helier will no longer provide renal inpatient services from that date. Under the clinicians’ proposal, all inpatient renal care would come together in a new unit at St George’s in Tooting, rather than run a second service nearby at Sutton as well. Dave Spensley, Chair of the St Helier Kidney Patients Association has said: "As the body representing kidney patients at St Helier, we support this proposal from the clinical teams to improve renal care."
Papers relating to these proposals are published and can be accessed here and the Committee in Common is being live-streamed on Microsoft Teams. Questions can be submitted in advance by emailing [email protected] or by phoning 020 3574 8659 before 10am on Tuesday 22 June.
Dr Andrew Murray, Chair of NHS South West London CCG
