Subject: Royal Sussex County Hospital Accident & Emergency Department

Date of meeting: 30 January 2025

Proposer: Councillor Raphael Hill

Seconder: Councillor Sue Shanks

Ward(s) affected: All

Notice of Motion

Green Group Amendment

That deletions are made as shown with ~~strikethrough~~ below and additional recommendations are added as shown in bold italics below:

This council notes:

1) That the RSCH serves a large area and is the regional trauma centre.

2) That insufficient space creates a stressful and overcrowded environment in A&E.

3) That difficulty of access to primary care in eastern Brighton and Hove means A&E and the urgent care centre function as primary care centres.

4) That winter increases in infectious diseases increase hospital admissions and can require temporary closure of wards as infection control measures.

Therefore, resolves to:

1) Request that the Leader of the Council write to the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust to request that:

(a) A contingency plan is put in place for adding short-term capacity while redevelopment is in progress.

(b) A detailed analysis is shared with the ~~Council~~ Health & Wellbeing Board of the planning, specification and futureproofing of the new look A&E, with updated time scales for delivery.

(c) Request an item on data sharing relating to medical complications within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust to a future Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting.

(d) Updates are provided to the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee about issues relating to involvement of the Royal College of Surgeons in surgical recruitment panels.

2) Request officers to consider, alongside local NHS providers, how to reduce demand through enhanced signposting and redirection, as well as through increased take up of vaccinations against flu, covid and other respiratory diseases.

Recommendations to read if carried: