The Board commented:
(i) There are three different boroughs, each of which had their own diverse and different needs, and that needs to be acknowledged.
(ii) In the Council’s view, shutting the service at Gray’s Court a time of a growing population and an increasingly ageing population is short-sighted.
(iii) Clarification was needed in regards to the future of the clinics that operate at Grays Court and the Gray’s Court building itself.
(iv)
LBBD residents find it difficult to get to King George’s
Hospital.
(v)
The beneficial effect of visitors to a patient getting well could
be lost if relatives, especially older residents, could not travel
to visit patients.
(vi)
The drive to provide more care in patient’s homes may be more
difficult, as the space in the older LBBD properties is not as
generous as the 60s and 70s builds in Havering.
(vii)
There had been assurances that Gray’s Court service was safe
and there had been categorical assurances of overnight clinical
cover, with the exception of stroke cover, and now feel the Council
feel it had been very misled.
(viii)
This was the second facility closure since the inception of the CCG
and both facilities had been in LBBD.
(ix)
The recruitment of high calibre staff at all levels still needed to
be resolved.
(x)
There was insufficient detailed data to enable discussions
meaningful.
(xi) Based upon the evidence currently available the Council would wish to support Option 3, which was provision on three sites.