The next and important Bridlington Health Forum’s public meeting is taking place on the 6th of March at Bridlington North Library at 1.00pm.
It focuses on the current plans for ‘Improving Healthcare in Bridlington’ and the BHF have invited two guest speakers. The first speaker will Dr Priya Reddy who is the Clinical Director of Bridlington Primary Care Network.
Dr Reddy will be updating on the improvements that have taken place in both GP practices in the town.
She will give details of the changes that will provide more access to appointments, the enhanced facilities for patients with Learning Disabilities including a multi-sensory room, and a suite of rooms and the new Community Care Hub.
Dr Reddy will also outline the details of the uses of the purpose built additional buildings which will be fully operational from March 2025.
The second speaker is Dr Simon Cox, NHS Place Director East Riding of Yorkshire, who will be feeding back about the Survey ‘Bridlington Health Strategy’ that received about 700 responses. The survey took place during the summer, and the resulting Bridlington Health Improvement Plan has been developed using information from the survey. This will hopefully be signed off at the end of March so more progress can happen.
The public meeting is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the positive improvements that are happening in Bridlington to try to improve healthcare opportunities locally.
Some of these improvements and other additional developments that are starting to happen include the opening in March of some Palliative Care Beds in Bridlington Hospital.
These are step-down beds for Bridlington residents on end-of-life care from Scarborough Hospital with less complex care needs, giving them some appropriate care closer to home, family and friends.
Starting in Bridlington from April, is the Targeted Lung Health Check project aimed at the over 55 year olds who have been identified as at risk of lung disease. This will be running alongside additional clinics for COPD and Asthma. There is also an enhanced vaccination program starting offering additional protection for potentially vulnerable people. It will give them the opportunity to the receive appropriate vaccines to help protect themselves from a range of diseases.
If you are invited to any of these clinical programs, please take up the offer to identify early any health issues/conditions or to gain additional protection for yourselves. Remember the earlier an health condition/illness is identified the easier it is to treat and can often produce a more successful outcome.
These are only a few of the many changes that are happening in Bridlington with more developments happening in the near future.
The new Diagnostic Hub in Scarborough will be open by the summer reducing wait times for X-rays, CT and MRI scans, with more regular visits of the mobile scanners to Bridlington.
Bridlington Health Forum continue to work hard to represent your views and we are always looking for new active members. You can contact us through our Facebook pages or our website to volunteer.
