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Cabinet
Tuesday, 18 July 2006

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ITEM CA7 - ANNEX 1

CABINET – 18 JULY 2006

OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITALS: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND COST REDUCTION PROGRAMME

Summary of Options for Service Change at the Horton Hospital

Options

Reason

Savings

Cost

Children’s Services

C1. Children’s Day Centre with extended opening hours (inpatients in Oxford Children’s Hospital)

C2. Children’s Day Centre with normal opening hours (inpatients on Oxford Children’s Hospital)

Current Service not clinically sustainable.

Future costs avoided: £433,000

£85,000

 

£417,000

 

Maternity Services

M1. Maintain the midwifery-led service, (obstetric-led deliveries at Oxford Women’s Centre)

M2. an enhanced midwifery-led service (obstetric-led deliveries at Oxford Women’s Centre)

Current service not clinically sustainable.


Future costs avoided:
£1.1 - £1.4 million

£167,000

 

Capital cost being assessed

Gynaecology

G1. Increase day care gynaecology at the Horton (consolidate emergency and inpatients in Oxford).

Medical staffing is directly linked to obstetric service.

£400,000

 

Emergency general surgery and trauma

E1. Continuation of emergency general surgery and trauma in daytime scheduled emergency theatre lists, with out-of-hours and weekend emergency general surgery and trauma transferred to the John Radcliffe Hospital.

Current out-of-hours service not clinically sustainable.

Future costs avoided: £400,000

£380,000

 

Elective surgery and day care procedures

Transfer of some elective surgery from Oxford.

Full provision of these services for North Oxfordshire residents in Banbury.

 

Being evaluated

Emergency Department

Additional consultant presence and out-of-hours cover
Higher grade resident out-of-hours cover
Enhanced paediatric life support skills.

Service enhancement to meet modern standards

 

 

£230,000

Care of the Older Person

A rapid assessment and diagnostic service
An enhanced acute stroke service
An enhanced rehabilitation service
Intermediate care beds on site

Service enhancement.

 

Being evaluated

Specialist Services

Continuation of current services plus some enhancements

Improved access to specialist expertise.

 

Being evaluated

Laboratory medicine and pathology services

L1. Consolidation of the microbiology service into a single county-wide service based at the John Radcliffe Hospital.


Cost savings

Future costs avoided: £75,000

£30,000

 

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