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A meeting in the new year will shape the future of Davison House at Brookfields Hospital.

Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust's (PCT) board will meet to consider five options ranging from making 72 beds available to closing all beds and investing money elsewhere.

Davison House, off Mill Road in Cambridge, currently provides 30 beds, the majority of which are used by elderly patients.

The board meeting takes place on Wednesday, January 9 and if options are approved, 12 weeks of public consultation will begin the next day.

Vinny Logan, executive nurse from the PCT, said: "We are currently finalising a detailed analysis of each of the five options identified during a pre-consultation phase held earlier this year. For the first time the outcome of this assessment will be published and fully explored in the consultation document.

"If the PCT's board is content with the draft consultation document, the official public consultation period will commence the next day. We are really keen to encourage local people to take the time to read the consultation document once published and help shape the future of these services in a meaningful way".

The five options are:

n Status quo - maintain the existing 10 NHS funded continuing care beds and 20 rehabilitation beds in use at Davison House.

n Reopen all 72 beds at Davison House (20 NHS-funded continuing care beds and 52 rehabilitation beds) including those temporarily closed under emergency measures taken by the former Cambridge City PCT.

n Use all 72 beds at Davison House for rehabilitation patients only. In this option, up to 10 NHS-funded continuing care patients would be cared for in independent sector nursing homes or in their own homes with appropriate packages of care.

n Change the use of beds at Davison House by developing in partnership with the voluntary sector a 60-bedded specialist neuro-rehabilitation facility on the Brookfields site. Reinvest all existing resources at Davison House in the development of a community-based model of care which would include access to bed-based care for those patients who need to receive their rehabilitation treatment in such a setting.

n Close all beds at Davison House and re-invest all existing resources at Davison House in the development of a community-based model of care including access to bed-based care for patients who need to receive their rehabilitation treatment in such a setting. In this option, up to 10 NHS-funded continuing care patients would be cared for in independent sector nursing homes or in their own homes with appropriate packages of care.

The PCT's board meeting in public starts at 9.30am at the Masonic Hall, Bateman Street, Cambridge.

Following the launch of the consultation, five public meetings will be held to enable people to ask questions and share their thoughts with PCT representatives.

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Breaking the Silence on Elder Abuse! A meeting in the new year will shape the future of Davison House at Brookfields Hospital. Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust's (PCT) board will meet to consider five options ranging from making 72 beds available to closing all beds and investing money elsewhere. Davison House, off Mill Road in Cambridge, currently provides 30 beds, the majority of which are used by elderly patients. The board meeting takes place on Wednesday, January 9 and if options are approved, 12 weeks of public consultation will begin the next day. Vinny Logan, executive nurse from the PCT, said: "We are currently finalising a detailed analysis of each of the five options identified during a pre-consultation phase held earlier this year. For the first time the outcome of this assessment will be published and fully explored in the consultation document. "If the PCT's board is content with the draft consultation document, the official public consultation period will commence the next day. We are really keen to encourage local people to take the time to read the consultation document once published and help shape the future of these services in a meaningful way". The five options are: n Status quo - maintain the existing 10 NHS funded continuing care beds and 20 rehabilitation beds in use at Davison House. n Reopen all 72 beds at Davison House (20 NHS-funded continuing care beds and 52 rehabilitation beds) including those temporarily closed under emergency measures taken by the former Cambridge City PCT. n Use all 72 beds at Davison House for rehabilitation patients only. In this option, up to 10 NHS-funded continuing care patients would be cared for in independent sector nursing homes or in their own homes with appropriate packages of care. n Change the use of beds at Davison House by developing in partnership with the voluntary sector a 60-bedded specialist neuro-rehabilitation facility on the Brookfields site. Reinvest all existing resources at Davison House in the development of a community-based model of care which would include access to bed-based care for those patients who need to receive their rehabilitation treatment in such a setting. n Close all beds at Davison House and re-invest all existing resources at Davison House in the development of a community-based model of care including access to bed-based care for patients who need to receive their rehabilitation treatment in such a setting. In this option, up to 10 NHS-funded continuing care patients would be cared for in independent sector nursing homes or in their own homes with appropriate packages of care. The PCT's board meeting in public starts at 9.30am at the Masonic Hall, Bateman Street, Cambridge. Following the launch of the consultation, five public meetings will be held to enable people to ask questions and share their thoughts with PCT representatives. Report on Hospital Cuts Protest in Cambridgeshire Click here for review of PCT Cuts news!