The area’s ‘Transforming Maternity Services Together’ consultation comes to an end on 24 February, so there time is running out to have your say on the proposal for changes to maternity services across the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Maternity System (LMS).
Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group say, “We’ve already heard from over 1,000 people, who have shared their views through our online survey, written to us or attended one of our public events, drop in sessions or market stalls. We’ve also been out and about capturing the views of people in our local communities.”
Lucy Baker, acting director for maternity services at Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group and lead director said,”We would like to thank all the people who have taken the time to complete our survey so far, but we are keen to hear from as many people as possible, in particular those who are planning to start or grow their family in the next few years.
“We want to enhance the experience we provide for people using and working in our maternity services and provide more choice for more women.
“We‘ve been really clear that we’re not proposing to reduce how much we spend or reduce the amount of staff we have. We know that people value having services in their local community and we are not proposing to close any buildings as a result of this proposal – we’re proposing to continue providing maternity services in Chippenham, Frome, Paulton and Trowbridge.
“You can find everything you need at www.transformingmaternity.org.uk. We are encouraging people to take a few minutes to read through the information or view one of our short videos. You can also have a look at the kind of questions people have been asking and our responses.”
Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group added, “The consultation closes on 24th February. The responses will be carefully and independently analysed and the results used to help the governing bodies of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Groups make a final decision by late spring 2019.”
