2 May 2024
Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership is reviewing services provided from our four Community Hospitals to ensure they are fit for the future. This will consider the changing needs of our population and the way in which health and social care should be provided to best meet these needs.
One element of the review is the provision of medical cover in Community Hospitals to ensure that it is sustainable.
The review will help us to redesign our services to provide sustainable, high quality care for the long term and is being carried out openly and transparently with the participation of our staff and communities and in line with the Health and Social Care Partnership’s Involving People Framework.
This process is in its very early stages and there are no plans at present to change Community Hospital provision prior to the outcomes of the review.
Updates on the review will be published in the public domain via NHS Borders Board and the Integration Joint Board.
Ralph Roberts
Chief Executive, NHS Borders