Thornbury Background

The NHS is exploring with local stakeholders the best way to provide future services in Thornbury. NHS South Gloucestershire has established a Steering Group, made up of half NHS and half non-NHS members to ensure a range of viewpoints is considered. The role of the Steering Group is to determine the range of services that should be commissioned in the Thornbury area in the future. The Steering Group is chaired by the Finance Director of NHS South Gloucestershire, Robert Knibbs.

Members of the Steering Group are as follows:


David Tappin	Project Director, NHS South Gloucestershire
Louise Winn	Patient and Public Involvement Manager, NHS South Gloucestershire
Hazel Braund	Director Provider Services, NHS South Gloucestershire
Jennifer Anthony	Estates Manager, NHS South Gloucestershire
Jane Roberts	NHS South Gloucestershire
Janet Pilsworth	Thornbury Community Mental Health Service for Older People, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Steve Webster	Finance Director, North Bristol NHS Trust
Maggie Tyrrell	Councillor, South Gloucestershire Council
Guy Stenson	Community Care and Housing, South Gloucestershire Council
Dr Nick McCulloch	St Mary Street Surgery, Thornbury
Dr Greg Clarke	Dr Burney and Partners, Thornbury
Phyllida Parsloe	Thornbury Town Councillor
Shirley Holloway	Councillor, South Gloucestershire Council
Bill Flook	Care Forum and Access-Ability
Sean Bolton	South Gloucestershire LINk
Penny Snow	Carers Centre

Background documents

Newsletters
A newsletters is produced periodically to keep you informed of developments:
Thornbury Project News - July 2010
Thornbury Project News - November 2009
Thornbury Project News - October 2009
Thornbury Project News - September 2009
Thornbury Project News - July 2009

Project documents
Health and Social Care Needs Assessment – This document provides an assessment of the health and social care needs of the local population and will be used to help plan future health services.

Thornbury Locality – The Emerging Themes – This paper is the result of work to test the clinical, operational and financial viability of any future health services for Thornbury. This is to ensure that all future health services are delivered in a way that is safe for patients, that there are sufficient patients to run the services without undue delays and that the income generated by the services covers the cost of running them. The paper proposes future health services for Thornbury.

NHS South Gloucestershire is now working up a business case on these proposals and will be engaging with the general public and local stakeholders as this work progresses.