Townlands Hospital, Henley-on-Thames

In 2012, Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) approved the business case for the new Townlands Hospital. In 2013, the planning and responsibility for commissioning services was transferred to the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) as part of the NHS reforms.

The model of services in the 2012 business case was based on the type of service provision that fitted with the way health care was organised and delivered at that time.

Since then many things have changed - not least that nationally and locally we aim to work as a health and social care system and that we are working together to transform services to deliver more care in local communities which helps to avoid admission to acute hospitals, except where necessary, keeping the time in hospital as short as possible. There is a growing body of clinical evidence both nationally and internationally which has supported the view of clinicians that frail elderly patients often do not benefit from hospitalisation and may be better served by meeting their needs in their own homes. This is perhaps most evident in the way in which we treat patients with dementia, where admission to hospital can often be distressing and associated with notable deteriorations in the patients general condition.   

The consultation has now closed.  

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Video: OCCG Governing Body meeting, 30 July 2015

Press Release: Plans for Townlands Hospital Rapid Access Care Unit given clinical support, but with conditions

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Consultation Report:

• Townlands Consultation Report - Executive Summary
• Appendix 1 - Analysis of responses to the consultation questions 
• Appendix 2 - Analysis of letters submitted to the consultation
• Appendix 3 - Notes taken at consultation meetings 
• Appendix 4 - Tag tree of qualitative consultation responses 
• Appendix 5 - Social media analysis
• Appendix 6 - Consultation process
• Appendix 7 - Consultation document
• Appendix 8 - Have your say on Townlands poster

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To find out more about how this project is progressing, please see our updates below:

•  Update on Townlands Consultation 23 June 2015

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• To download and read the consultation document, please click here

• To download and read the supporting consultation documents, please select from the list below:
  • Appendix 1:  Evidence of Ambulatory Care Model
  • Appendix 2:  Health Needs Assessment

This consultation has now closed.