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Review of HIV Care & Support Provision (Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham) consultation ends 7th February 2012

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Tue, 27/12/2011 - 2:21pm
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Review of HIV Care & Support Provision (Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham)

Please click here to access the Executive Summary & Full Report for the 'Review of HIV Care & Support Provision (Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham)' which is now out for three months public consultation from 8th November 2011 until 7th February 2012.

This project has included a review of local epidemiology of people living with HIV, the needs of these individuals, the evidence base, and current service provision. The report presents a proposed service model and commissioning intentions for the local provision of HIV care & support across Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham going forward which commissioners wish to consult on with a wide range of local stakeholders including patients & public.

As part of the consultation process six public events targeted at stakeholders, patients and public are being held across LSL on the following dates:

  • 9th December 2011, 9.30am-12.30pm, Guys Hospital, Robens Suite, 29th Floor, Tower Wing, SE1 9RT
  • 12th December 2011, 2-5pm, Assembly Rooms, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW
  • 13th December 2011, 9.30am-12.30pm, Committee rooms 1 & 2, Civic Suite Lewisham Town Hall, Catford, SE6 4RU
  • 5th January 2012, 6-9pm, , Guys Hospital, Robens Suite, 29th Floor, Tower Wing, SE1 9RT
  • 9th January 2012, 6-9pm, Assembly Rooms, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW
  • 10th January 2012, 6-9pm, Committee rooms 1 & 2, Civic Suite Lewisham Town Hall, Catford, SE6 4RU

To facilitate engagement with patients/service users and the public a less technical plain english summary document and public consultation questionnaire is also being developed . This will be accessible on request through patricia.riley@lambethpct.nhs.uk and is also available to download, please click here. 

You can give your views on the HIV Care & Support Review by online survey or by sending your response FAO Patricia Riley, HIV & Sexual Health Team, 2nd Floor, 1 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7NT patricia.riley@lambethpct.nhs.uk.

Please click here to access the online survey.

We look forward to recieving your feedback and responses during the consultation process.

Please note the data error on page 44 of the main report.
Under KPIs for Service Coordination / Assessment (Provider: First Point- Metro).
The sentence should read 'Service is contracted to deliver 1213 assessments annually (2010/11); 1219 assessments were completed in 2010/11'.
 
Commissioners would like to apologise for this inaccuracy and would ask that any further queries / errors identified by readers be addressed through the consultation process and these will be noted and corrected in the final report.
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Tue, 27/12/2011 - 2:24pm
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Concerns raised by changes to LSL HIV services via email

Here, I am posting part of an email, from the person that sent me this information and it is thus their view.

"The main findings and proposals  of the report are:
Patients go to GP (or HIV Clinic if no GP) for Social care enquires. ie social support;groups;welfare;information; benefits
The report states there is no central point for this service at present and Patients don't know where to go for support and keep repeating their needs.
By removing HIV specific services (there are plans for other services to be stopped HIV Stigma will be reduced as patients will need to give out heir status more often to mainstream generic services.
 
Actual Position and likely outcome to planned changes
 there is a central point. its called First Point for all LSL residents.  At St thomas its integrated into care pathway allowing excellent 'all in one viist' patient care.
GP's have 10mion appts and do not deal with HIV Health so will not know social and welfare support needs or service providers.
Patients will not access services for fear of stigma.
 
Costs and likely affect
The costs of GP's and Consultants time totally outweighs the cost saved by removing the current first point service, particularly at St Thomas. By removing the service which acts as a 'filter' by answering many patient questions within St Thomas and avoids external services becoming overlade with patients who do not require their specialist legal support. patients who do require specialist advice will be blocked/delayed by those who don't that could have been dealt with by First Point.
 
Loss of the following 'one stop' advice, information and referral:
the following 'central point' of information will be lost for all the following:
 
·       Social Groups
·       Benefits
·       Housing
·       Welfare
·       Immigration
·       Medical reports coordination
·       Money/Charity Payments
·       Debt
·       Voluntary Work
·       Life Coaching
·       Job Search
·       Dentists
·       Travel Insurance/ Country Restrictions
·       Life/Health Insurance
·       HIV @ Work
·       Complimentary Therapy
·       recreational drug misuse
·       domestic violence
·       Low cost furniture/Clothing
·       Young Persons Specialised Service"

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