NHS chiefs have this week denied plans to ‘run down’ important providers at Ayr Hospital.
A senior supply has claimed that talks are underway to dramatically shake-up the system.
They declare Ayr’s Accident & Emergency unit may very well be beneath risk and their long-term purpose is to shift it to Crosshouse in Kilmarnock.
However NHS chiefs have denied that is the case and they're dedicated to retaining A&E at Ayr Hospital and at Crosshouse.
They've additionally rubbished allegations that Ayr’s acute surgical providers and Intensive Care Unit are additionally being thought of to be shifted to Crosshouse.
Well being bosses this week insisted there are not any plans to shut the Emergency Division (ED) or to take away essential care providers at Ayr.
They mentioned any service change would require a public session, including that no consultations are “actively” being ready.
However our supply, who wished to stay nameless, insisted: “A six-figure affected person base will see the removing of all the key medical providers they’ve been having fun with at Ayr for years.
“1000's in Ayr and Prestwick alone will face having to journey to Crosshouse – both as sufferers or guests.
“Ayr Hospital is regularly being lowered to a nurse-led minor therapy centre.”
Tory MSP Sharon Dowey mentioned any plans to uproot Ayr’s A&E can be “disastrous information for the entire of East and South Ayrshire” and he or she can be writing to the Well being Secretary instantly.
She added: “I’ll be writing to Humza Yousaf instantly asking him to allay their fears by ruling out any risk of those plans seeing the sunshine of day.
“The prospect of A&E providers being transferred to Crosshouse is extra than simply inconvenient – it's downright harmful and will actually prices lives.
“A city of Ayr’s measurement deserves and desires a hospital with A&E, an intensive care unit and surgical facility – somewhat than being lowered to one thing resembling a cottage hospital.”
Dr Crawford McGuffie, Medical Director, refuted claims of any closure or transfer of providers and mentioned: “There are not any plans to shut the Emergency Division (ED) or to take away essential care providers at College Hospital Ayr.
“It is very important acknowledge that there are staffing challenges throughout all of NHS Scotland and that NHS Ayrshire & Arran is not any exception.
"The one acute imaginative and prescient, (one crew over two websites), goals to supply extra engaging groups to affix. Cross web site working will help take strain off smaller groups.”
NHS Ayrshire & Arran has operated a ‘single acute imaginative and prescient’ over the past couple of years, in that we've one single working mannequin throughout all of their hospital websites.
Which means the providers collaborate within the areas the place they'll, no matter their web site – for instance, the Emergency Departments are run beneath the identical administration system and share workers throughout each websites to make sure that sufferers obtain the most effective providers accessible.
Some providers are primarily based solely on one web site and supply providers on different websites as a part of their routine service provision.
Urology providers are primarily based at College Hospital Ayr (UHA) and supply take care of all Ayrshire residents; and Ear Nostril and Throat providers are primarily based at College Hospital Crosshouse (UHC) and, likewise, present take care of the entire of Ayrshire and Arran.
Dr McGuffie mentioned 6,000 scientific/medical members of workers and plenty of of them already work throughout each websites, and the only acute imaginative and prescient is making an attempt to construct on that.
He added: “Any core service change would require a public session. We are able to verify that there are not any consultations actively being ready.
“There are historic ambitions for a brand new hospital [Monkton Pan-Ayrshire super hospital]. Nevertheless, there isn't a timeline for this construct programme.
“Our two principal acute hospital websites will stay our main acute supplier websites for the foreseeable future.”
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