A report before the joint Birmingham and Solihull Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week mentions some promising news about the reprovision of a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) and Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Solihull Hospital. The trust accepts the strength of feeling in Solihull regarding the urgent care services that are currently available to its residents and there is a commitment to providing a service that better meets local people’s needs.
The current preferred option, of UHB and the Integrated Care Board (ICB), is to re-provide an MIU and UTC on the Solihull Hospital site, in line with the national service specification.
A further report is coming to Solihull’s scrutiny committee in due course.
The full report can be read here: Update on the recovery and proposed configuration of services across University Hospitals Birmingham.pdf (solihull.gov.uk)
The image shows the depth of services provided across the trust:
The report is well worth reading as it explains the environment that it has been working under and how it is planning for the future. It highlights the key messaging: ‘Therefore, a move to prevention, admission avoidance, and more out-of-hospital services, linked to community and primary care services, is key’.
It mentions investment in and upgraded theatres:
‘UHB is now in a position to propose securing and expanding theatre capacity at Solihull Hospital and have therefore submitted a planning application to build an elective hub, encompassing six theatres (replacement of three modular theatres and creating three new) as well as support services, connected to the south-west of the main hospital building. Hospital-wide, taking into account other existing theatres across the site, this would result in a total provision of 13 high quality theatres.’
I hope to update this blog/website next month.
Ken Hawkins 