The Black Country Provider Collaborative (BCPC), which is a healthcare partnership between four local NHS trusts, is developing ideas for the future of local planned services to:
- Manage the rising demand for services
- Improve access and patient experience
- Deliver more joined up (integrated) patient-centred care.
We have identified the funding needed to potentially set up an elective (planned) care surgical hub at Sandwell Health Campus. The idea would see Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust bring together some of their surgical services at Sandwell Health Campus to carry out simple/routine procedures for general surgery, orthopaedics and gynaecology.
The BCPC is currently surveying people waiting for such procedures to gather their views on the idea and as part of a wider programme of engagement it also wants to hear from local people about what is important to them in developing ideas for the future of other elective care services.
You can find out more about ideas for the future of local services on our website: https://blackcountryprovidercollaborative.nhs.uk/developments/engagement-consultations/opportunity-to-help-shape-healthcare-services/
All feedback gathered during the six-week period of engagement, running from 17 June to 27 July 2025, will be independently analysed and presented to the BCPC.
Your views will inform the development of business cases to take forward ideas for improvements to local elective services.
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