Decision details

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed to amend paragraph IV of the Positioning Statement attached as Annex 1 to the report, to read as follows:

IV.       That the current and planned disposal of land and estate buildings, even to fund improvements be halted, in order to accommodate additional health and related services for the residents of Epsom and Ewell and East Surrey. The sale of any such fixed assets of the Estate is not sustainable and will serve to limit the services and options for the future.

(2)          Agreed to amend paragraph V of the Positioning Statement attached as Annex 1 to the report, to read as follows:

V.        Support and make representations to Surrey and Borders Partnership to open a unit for people presenting in crisis with acute mental health needs within the Borough and East Surrey.  The current concentration of mental health facilities at St Peter’s Hospital and (part of) West Park does not provide an easily accessible NHS service for our residents.

(3)          Agreed to adopt the Positioning Statement relating to the future location of acute services within the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESHUHT) area and other matters as set out in Annex 1, subject to the amendments agreed in (1) and (2) above.