Drop-in event around plans for St James’ Hospital (SJH)
and St Mary’s Community Health Campus (SMCHC)
Please find below a summary of the questions and comments received
at the drop-in event on 24 September 2014.
Please note, responses have been provided by Solent NHS Trust to
questions about SMCHC and our services, and by NHS Property Services
to questions around the future of the SJH site.
Your comments/questions
Our response
We would like some green areas in St
Mary’s to sit and unwind and eat our
lunch.
Also concerned about the parking.
Can we have some green space for staff
to use and sit for lunch?
Car parking essential for community
staff.
How did you hear about today’s event?
Managers’ email
On email
Poster in office
There are some gardens close to B block
that can be used for a small seating area.
Additional parking capacity is planned for
St Mary’s via a decked park close to the
DSC building.
Looking at St Mary’s site – it looks like a
concrete jungle. Some green areas to be
able to clear head after a stressy
day/morning. Very important for staff
morale.
Parking - please be aware that staff will
be coming and going from visits
frequently and ‘looking for parking’ will
impact on productivity.
Solent NHS Trust, NHS Property Services and Portsmouth Clinical
Commissioning Group working in partnership
Land swop? Oh come on! It’s all really
This project is about using our buildings
devious and calculating to release land to better and investing in improved
sell.
healthcare facilities for patients. The land
proceeds from the land sale will be
The whole plan is appalling.
reinvested into improving facilities
Child services in particular is cause for
concern. Where is there a similar facility The decision to co-locate children’s
for disturbed unhappy youngsters to run, services to Battenburg Avenue Clinic was
climb, let off steam, come to terms – not the result of feedback from clinicians
at Battenburg Avenue! Shocking.
where services can be provided from a
single site rather than several locations
How did you hear about today’s event?
as at present. There are external play
I go to meetings and stay alert even
facilities available.
when, as at the one at St James’ Church
the council does not publicise them.
With the view to parking for the
workforce and visitors to the reduced St
James’ site, will there be adequate
parking and what is to stop the residents
of the new development taking some of
the spaces?
Parking facilities will be provided on the
retained portion of land at St James’ with
controls to prevent any abuse of parking.
Is Colifer House being knocked down?
Please could you clarify what building
you mean, as Colifer House does not
correspond to a building on the site.
Is Country Cottage still available for
Solent use in terms of meeting and
training?
Yes
What services are already at St Mary’s?
The following services are provided by
Solent NHS Trust at St Mary’s:
MSK service including Physiotherapy
Community Podiatry
Continence advisory services
Talking Change (IAPT)
Smoking Cessation
Neuro-rehab. Environmental Controls
Substance Misuse Service
Community Development Workers
Criminal Justice Team
Solent NHS Trust, NHS Property Services and Portsmouth Clinical
Commissioning Group working in partnership
Sexual Health Services
Spinnaker Ward – GP-led intermediate
care
Community Mental Health & Recovery
team
Occupational Therapy
Please note, there are other services
provided on the site by other
organisations.
Seems quite a good plan BUT it does not
affect me. Listening to other people’s
comments a bit of not in my back yard is
involved, but they have a point of where
will the children go to school, and the
traffic flow at peak periods.
My concern is parking at St Mary’s but I
was told by a gentleman that a multistorey car park is likely to be built.
How did you hear about today’s event?
Read it in the Portsmouth News.
I feel that your new proposal is an
overdevelopment of the site and that
you should revert to the previous
proposals.
The planning application for new homes
on the St James’ site will be supported by
a transport assessment. The Council will
need to consider the infrastructure
(including schools) required to support
the proposed new homes when it
determines the planning application.
Additional parking capacity is planned for
St Mary’s via a decked park close to the
DSC building.
We have not previously presented
proposals for the development of the
phase 1 land at the St James’ Hospital
site.
If you have a question which has not been covered above, please email
[email protected] and we will be happy to answer.
Solent NHS Trust, NHS Property Services and Portsmouth Clinical
Commissioning Group working in partnership