Don’t Close Calderstones Hospital. Save our NHS services, don’t dump patients.
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Calderstones is a 223-bed NHS unit which provides high-quality care for people with learning disabilities and personality disorders. The complex also provides forensic care for people who have been through the criminal justice system where it has been deemed inappropriate to send them to prison.
Calderstones has been identified for closure following the Bubb Report, written in the aftermath of abuse at the privately-run Winterbourne View hospital. The private owners of Winterbourne View were condemned by a judge for running it “with a view to profit and with a scandalous lack of regard to the interests of its residents and staff”.
Sir Stephen Bubb’s Report called for a shift in care from inpatient to community settings, and he identified a need for a “step change” in services to achieve this. The worry for staff, residents and their families is that community-based support – which would likely be provided by non-NHS providers, will not be adequate or properly funded.
As well as UNISON, Healthwatch has expressed concerns about the closure plan. Lancashire County Council has described the extra money available to it to care for 50 current Calderstones residents as insufficient. UNISON has calculated the £640,000 of extra funding to approximate to just three hours care a day for service users who currently have 24/7 support.
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Save Calderstones – Sign the petition
Don’t Close Calderstones Hospital. Save our NHS services, don’t dump patients.
Click here to sign the petition.
Calderstones is a 223-bed NHS unit which provides high-quality care for people with learning disabilities and personality disorders. The complex also provides forensic care for people who have been through the criminal justice system where it has been deemed inappropriate to send them to prison.
Calderstones has been identified for closure following the Bubb Report, written in the aftermath of abuse at the privately-run Winterbourne View hospital. The private owners of Winterbourne View were condemned by a judge for running it “with a view to profit and with a scandalous lack of regard to the interests of its residents and staff”.
Sir Stephen Bubb’s Report called for a shift in care from inpatient to community settings, and he identified a need for a “step change” in services to achieve this. The worry for staff, residents and their families is that community-based support – which would likely be provided by non-NHS providers, will not be adequate or properly funded.
As well as UNISON, Healthwatch has expressed concerns about the closure plan. Lancashire County Council has described the extra money available to it to care for 50 current Calderstones residents as insufficient. UNISON has calculated the £640,000 of extra funding to approximate to just three hours care a day for service users who currently have 24/7 support.
Click here to sign the petition.