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Joint Report of Clinical Director General Surgery, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; General Manager General Surgery, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Clinical Director Urology, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and Senior Service Manager, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Clinical Director General Surgery and General Manager General Surgery, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; and Clinical Director Urology and Senior Service Manager, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust submitted a joint report (previously circulated) informing Members of a change to the non-elective specialist urology provision.

The submitted report stated that to support patient access to specialist urology services, patients from Darlington, Bishop Auckland and surrounding areas who require non-elective urology care would be admitted to The James Cook University Hospital from 1 December; and that this would affect three patients a week.

It was reported that prior to the change to the provision patients would present to their GP or to Darlington Memorial Hospital, receive an assessment and (if required) be admitted under the care of the General Surgery team with care overseen by this team, with input from Urology Associate Specialist staff.

RESOLVED – That the non-elective specialist urology provision update be noted.