About Better Healthcare Closer to Home
The Better Healthcare Closer to Home team is currently developing proposals for developing four Local Care Centres in Sutton and Merton.covering:
- The development of four Local Care Centres in Sutton and Merton, which will provide more services out of hospital.
- The first phase of the redevelopment of St Helier Hospital as a local hospital, retaining its A&E facilities. This will involve investing millions of pounds in making the hospital a better place for patients and staff.
- The development of intermediate care services, providing rehabilitation and support so people can keep their independence, when they might otherwise face unnecessarily prolonged hospital stays, or inappropriate admission to hospital or residential care.
- A feasibility study for the development of a primary/local care facility on the Sutton Hospital site.
The proposals will be submitted to NHS London, which performance manages the local NHS, in 2008.
