Improving trauma care across the West Midlands
The NHS in the West Midlands is proposing to transform the care people receive when they suffer major trauma by introducing an improved system of care across the region.
Major trauma is defined as serious injuries which may be life threatening. The creation of new trauma care networks will help patients by increasing survival rates, shortening recovery times and reducing disability from injury. This is because major trauma centres have the specialist staff, equipment and technology on one site to treat these serious and/or life threatening injuries.
By developing a region-wide trauma care system we can ensure that everyone in the West Midlands has access to the same high quality trauma care services.
The West Midlands Strategic Commissioning Group agreed that establishing 3 major trauma centres plus the Birmingham Children’s Hospital as the major trauma centre for children, is the preferred option.
More details about this can be found in the accompanying Engagement Briefing.
We would value your views about the proposal to establish a West Midlands trauma care system. Please read the Engagement Briefing which explains more about this and then complete the questionnaire online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/majortrauma or you can send us your views by email to info@benpct.nhs.uk.
Your feedback will be greatly appreciated. Please note that we need your views by 20th December 2011.
