Interview with Michael Chuter, Chair of Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust

Interview by Clive Efford with Michael Chuter, Chair of Greenwich Primary Care Trust and Carl Shoben, communications head at the South London Helath Care NHS Trust.

The questions for this interview were sent in by residents in Eltham in a reposnse to Clive's consultation on changes to our local health services outlined in the A Picture of Health documents.

A foreword by Clive Efford.



Introductions from Michael Chuter and Carl Shoben



What is the future role of Queen Marys?



Why the changes to the A&E at Queen Mary's?



Won't the closure of the A&E at Queen Marys mean longer journeys for patients?



What is the difference between an A&E and an Urgent Care Centre?

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What hours are the Urgent Care Centre open?



What effect have the changes had on the staff here at Queen Mary's?



Will becoming a larger Trust make you better able to retain and resruit staff?



What impact will the changes have on the waiting times in neighbouring A&Es?



How do the new specialist centres work?



Have their been any fatalities caused by the longer journeys to A&E?



Can you guarantee that these changes will benefit the whole community?



Are these changes brought about by cuts in local health budgets?



What publicity has been given to the results of the A Picutre of Health Consultation?



What changes will we see at Queen Mary's over the next few years?



Has our local health budget been cut?



A final suggestion for the Urgent Care Centre from Clive



And a plea for kidney dialyisis to be provided at the new Eltham Community Hospital in Passey Place