Queen Margaret Development Project

Public Information and Engagement Consultation 2013 Proposed relocation of health care services from Carnegie and Abbeyview Clinics to Queen Margaret Hospital

If you require the information in this leaflet in a community language or alternative format e.g. Braille, easy read, audio please contact the Equality and Diversity Department at: fife [email protected] or phone 01383 565142 The development of a Primary Care Resource Centre at Queen Margaret Hospital was agreed by NHS Fife after wide public consultation in 2002 as part of ‘Right for Fife’.

This centre will have the following services: • Podiatry • Dietetics • Physiotherapy • Speech & Language Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Clinical Psychology • Diabetic services • Specialist Dental services • Anorexia Nervosa Intensive Treatment Team (ANITT) • Mental Health outpatients for adults, adolescents and children • and the development of a Carers Information Point.

The aim of the Primary Care Resource Centre is to:

• Bring services closer together to the benefit of the patient ensuring better access to a wider range of services. • Improved environment for patients and staff. • Reduce waiting times. • Increase the time specialists are available. • Make sure we have efficient services and increased appointments. • Improve existing lines of communication with secondary care.

It is proposed that these services will move to new facilities in Queen Margaret Hospital in 2014.

NHS Fife has three Public Partnership Forums. Their aim is to ensure that local people are informed about the range and location of services in their area. The proposal requires NHS Fife to actively engage, consult and inform the local public. The consultation will give you the chance to tell us what matters to you, learn more about the proposal and have your questions answered.

This will be done through the engagement events and information from June 2013. Information will be available from the website: www.nhsfife.org/queenmargaret

Details of the engagement and information events are below:

Type of Event Venue Date Time Open Event Lynebank Hospital, Tuesday 6th 10:00 to Main Hall August 12:00 Open Event Carnegie Library Thursday 15th 18:00 to Exhibition Room 1 August 20:00 Open Event Queen Wednesday 13:00 to Margaret Hospital, 21st August 15:00 Main Entrance Displays: Abbeyview Clinic, Carnegie Clinic, Carnegie Library, Duloch Library

If you would like to come along to attend any of the open events, please feel free. This invitation is open to everyone and we will be happy to answer any of your concerns regarding the proposed moves.

To find out more about the proposal to relocate services from Carnegie and Abbeyview clinics to Queen Margaret Hospital, you can view information at www.nhsfife.org/queenmargaret

We also welcome your comments in writing to the address overleaf. Public Partnership Forum Administrator Lynebank Hospital Halbeath Road Dunfermline KY11 4UW [email protected] Telephone: 01383 565147

Closing date is 30th September 2013

Your feedback will be used in a paper for consideration by NHS Fife later in the autumn of 2013.