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Doctors and nurses on hand to answer your Future Fit questions at public exhibition event

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Local people are being encouraged to find out more about the Future Fit consultation at  a public exhibition event in Shrewsbury tomorrow (Thursday 7 June 2018). The drop-in event runs from 3.30pm to 7.30pm and is open to everyone. NHS doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff will be on hand to answer questions, to give everyone the chance to find out more about the proposed changes to services at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital.

The Shrewsbury event is at the Sovereign Suite at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. This is one of  eight large scale public events currently planned for the consultation, which launched on 30 May and will run for 14 weeks until midnight on 4 September 2018.

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Mr David Evans, Chief Officer at NHS Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said:

“These exhibitions are the perfect opportunity for people to really understand the proposals and to ask the questions that are important to them. The people answering the questions are the ones who have been involved in designing the new model of care so everyone who attends has the chance to really understand what it means for them.”

Dr Simon Freeman, Accountable Officer for NHS Shropshire CCG, said:

“We know people always have concerns about changes to their health services, but it’s really important that people get their answers from the people that fully understand what it means for you, the doctors and nurses that provide your care in the hospitals. We are hoping for a big turnout at all of our public events and are encouraging people to have the one to one conversations with the people that really understand the changes.”

A further six public exhibitions have currently been arranged throughout June, July and August, details of which can be found on the Future Fit consultation website at: www.nhsfuturefit.org

All public exhibitions will be staffed from 3.30pm to 7.30pm. In addition to one to one discussions, the public exhibition will have videos playing to explain changes, senior people from the CCGs to explain how the consultation works, the opportunity for people to complete surveys and Healthwatch will be attending all events in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Powys Community Health Council at the event in Newtown.

There are many ways to get involved in the consultation. These include:

  • Attend a public event or meeting in public – visit www.nhsfuturefit.org for the venues, dates and times
  • Pick up consultation documents and surveys at one of our 70+ pop-up events
  • Fill out our survey online on our website www.nhsfuturefit.org
  • Complete the survey, which is available in the consultation documents and post it free of charge to FREEPOST NHS FF CONSULTATION
  • Write to us at: FREEPOST NHS FF CONSULTATION
  • Email us at: nhsfuturefit@nhs.net
  • Call us to request materials: 0300 3000 903 (24-hour answer machine)
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