Tag: NHS Peterborough

The NHS – A Patient in Crisis

07:07 Friday 3rd February 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC PAUL STAINTON: Patients are having to wait hours in A&E, appointments and operations cancelled, and people being booked to see the wrong consultant. Just some of the horror stories we’ve heard at Peterborough City Hospital. Unions say the problems being faced by hospitals are also down to a lack of money. .. We’ve also heard reports of staff being used from Stamford, brought across to plug a staffing shortfall at PCH. They get there, and then they’re not needed. There’s a lack of communication by the sounds of it.
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MARY COOKE PETERBOROUGH PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION: A slight touch of chaos, I reckon. That’s how nurses would view it. It’s demoralising for staff. That’s no good to anybody. Continue reading “The NHS – A Patient in Crisis”

Andrew Lansley in BBC Ding Dong Over Circle Deal

08:18 Wednesday 1st February 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: NHS history has been made in Cambridgeshire today. Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon has become the first in the country to be run by a private company. Circle are working in partnership with the hospital NHS Trust to provide services, manage staff and repay some of the £40 million debt. Circle are announcing 16 new initiatives this morning proposed by hospital staff to improve patient care, safety and efficiency, they say. Well earlier we spoke to Phil Gooden from Unison, who described the move as a disaster for the NHS, and called for more details to be released. (TAPE)
PHIL GOODEN: On the surface you can’t argue with it. Greater patient experience, greater staff engagement, free telephone service, all this sort of stuff, but what it’s not doing is proposing in any detail how the £40 million is going to be recovered. (LIVE)
PAUL STAINTON: Well let’s speak to the man in charge of our health service, Cambridgeshire MP and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. Morning.
ANDREW LANSLEY: Good morning.
PAUL STAINTON: Well how? How are they going to repay this £40 million Andrew, first of all? Continue reading “Andrew Lansley in BBC Ding Dong Over Circle Deal”

Orton Medical Practice Closure “A Gross Insult”

07:55 Wednesday 12th October 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: The Orton Medical Practice has become the first casualty of NHS Peterborough’s cutbacks on GP surgeries. NHS Peterborough is looking to save £4 million over the next five years, and says services need to be improved. The surgery, where a protest was held last week by angry patients, will shut its doors on December 9th, and 3,500 patients will have to register elsewhere. Peter Whiteman is Director of Primary Care at NHS Peterborough, and says the neighbouring Orton Bushfield surgery will be able to cope with that number of patients. (TAPE)
PETER WHITEMAN: It could take all of the 3,500 patients, if they chose to register with Orton Bushfield. But we also expect people to choose to go to Nene Valley Medical Centre in Orton Malbourne, or to the surgery in Botolph Bridge. And we’ll be writing to every patient this week, to describe all the surgeries that they could choose to register with, and we’re holding an open evening on 2nd November, when patients can come and meet their potential surgeries and doctors and choose which surgery to register with. (LIVE)
PAUL STAINTON: Well let’s speak to Bernard Barker. He’s a patient at the Orton Medical Practice. Bernard, good morning.
BERNARD BARKER: Good morning.
PAUL STAINTON: Thank you for coming on this morning. So you’re at the Orton Medical Practice at the moment. Peter says it’s not such a big deal. You can just nip along to the Bushfield Surgery.
BERNARD BARKER: Yes. Absolutely brilliant. We found out in the paper yesterday. There’s been no contact with patients at all by NHS Peterborough. 3,700 of us have been dumped with no doctor, no local access to primary health care, and no communication from the health trust about how that’s going to happen. All our doctors are withdrawing from working for NHS Peterborough, so none of our doctors will be there. There are lots of disadvantaged, sick and immobile people who live in Orton and use this practice, and they’re now deprived of the doctors who’ve cared for them. All the support staff and administrative staff and nurses at the practice, they’re all discontinued with effect from 9th December. We found out yesterday in the media. This is a gross insult to the people of Orton, with serious consequences for the health and welfare of all of us. Continue reading “Orton Medical Practice Closure “A Gross Insult””

The PDH Site Sale Saga Continues ..

07:21 Monday 19th September 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: There are reports that a multi-million pound bid to buy the site of the empty PDH has been rejected, and that the land will now be put onto the open property market. The Trust was criticised by Peterborough’s MP Stewart Jackson for not putting the site on the open market in the first place, and Stewart’s with us this morning. Morning Stew.
STEWART JACKSON: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: Most people would have been surprised that it wasn’t put out on the open market originally. You were very surprised and shocked, considering they need all the money they can get. Continue reading “The PDH Site Sale Saga Continues ..”

A Severe Case of Boardroom Bloat at NHS Peterborough and Cambridgeshire

07:33 Monday 16th August 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY GALL: More on the ongoing GP surgeries consultation at NHS Peterborough. The Primary Care Trust is looking at closing and expanding certain surgeries, as it looks to save money. Well one set of campaigners angry at the possible closure of Alma Road surgery say other bigger Trusts in places like Manchester and Liverpool only have 6 or 7 Executive Directors, but NHS Peterborough have 12. We can speak now to Geoff Catlin who is one of those campaigners. Good morning Geoff.
GEOFF CATLIN: Good morning Andy.
ANDY GALL: So why do you think NHS Peterborough has too many directors? Continue reading “A Severe Case of Boardroom Bloat at NHS Peterborough and Cambridgeshire”

NHS Peterborough – £100 Million in Cuts Means Job Losses

08:15 Wednesday 20th July 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Well just how do you save £100 million on health care in this city without affecting patient safety and patient care? Well there was a big meeting last night. Russ Platt is the Interim Chief Operating Officer from NHS Peterborough. Russ, you were there. You spoke to the Scrutiny Committee. Were they happy with your plans? Continue reading “NHS Peterborough – £100 Million in Cuts Means Job Losses”

NHS Peterborough – MP Condemns Consultancy Spending

07:28 Friday 8th July 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Millions of pounds to consultants. NHS Peterborough spent more than £1.3 million on consultants in the last year, the second highest out of all the PCTs in England, even though they had to make a £2 million reduction in running costs by April 2012. The figures have been revealed through an FOI, Freedom of Information request, submitted by medical magazine Pulse. Richard Hoey is the Editor. Morning Richard.
RICHARD HOEY: Good morning.
PAUL STAINTON: That’s a heck of a lot of cash. Tell us more. Continue reading “NHS Peterborough – MP Condemns Consultancy Spending”

Health Consultation – PCT Probity Questioned

08:35 Monday 6th June 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Cllr Marion Todd, earlier on in the show, said certain wards in Peterborough are only offering residents the equivalent health care of a third world country. We spoke to her earlier this morning. She said if the threatened Parnwell Medical Centre itself gets closed, then residents will have to visit Dogsthorpe or Paston to get help from a GP. She said it was unacceptable for some people. Peter Whiteman came on, Interim Director of Primary Care at NHS Peterborough and said that everything was going to be hunky-dory. We were going to get this new lovely health centre for the people of Paston and Dogsthorpe, and it was all going to be fine. Let’s speak to Cllr. John Peach, who’s with us this morning. John Good morning.
JOHN PEACH: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: One of them’s right. Or are they both right? They seem to be polar opposites at the moment. Peter Whiteman’s one side, Marion Todd’s at the other side. They’re way apart. Who’s right John? Continue reading “Health Consultation – PCT Probity Questioned”