Details of hospital proposals to be presented

Details of the health service review in Worcestershire will be presented to members of Bromsgrove District Council at a public meeting on Monday.

Officials tasked with carrying out the Joint Service Review and consultation on the issues will present details of the future configuration of acute services in Worcestershire at Monday’s (July 16) meeting of the council’s Overview and Scrutiny Board at the Council House in Bromsgrove, starting 6pm.

The key local issue has become services at the Alexandra Hospital in nearby Redditch.

Chairman Steve Colella said: “The board will receive a presentation on the review of the options, in particular the potential centralising of some services and the future of the Accident and Emergency department in the Alex Hospital, Redditch.

“Senior members of the Joint Service Review Team will give details of the case for change, how the options have been developed and the rationale behind them. This will give board members the opportunity to scrutinise the case for change and consider the impacts upon the people of Bromsgrove.”

The Overview and Scrutiny Board is a key part of the local democratic decision making process as it looks not only at the way the council does things but also at key issues affecting the lives of people within the district – regardless of whether they are related to the public, private or voluntary sectors.

It is led by elected councillors who are not members of the council’s cabinet and do not make executive decisions, and who can make recommendations for policy development and improvement independently of the cabinet.