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The changes

9/ 1/2007

SERVICES set to stay and go at the Infirmary.

STAYING

Paediatrics and assessment and observation (children needing more than four hours' assessment will be transferred to another hospital)

Anaesthetics (planned day case and inpatients surgery); audiology

Breast surgery (outpatients and day case)

Cardio respiratory

Elective cardiology (Rochdale to get centre of excellence for elective cardiology, diagnostic angiography and some implants); cardiothoracic surgery (outpatients); chiropody/podiatry; child and adolescent mental health services; clinical genetics

Planned surgery, day case and outpatient service for colorectal and lower gastrointestinal patients

Dental (outpatients and orthodontics); dermatology (outpatients); diagnostic imaging (X-ray, MRI, Cat scanning, ultrasound); diabetes/endocrinology; dietetics.

Endoscopy; ear, nose and throat (outpatient and day case surgery where appropriate)

Gastroenterology (day case, outpatients)

General acute medicine (selected patients, outpatients, planned investigations/treatment); general surgery (only proceedures that would not need access to critical care or high dependency facilities, day case, outpatients); gynaecology (day case, outpatients, early pregnancy)

Haematology (minor treatments, day case, anti-coagulation); HIV/infectious diseases (HIV outpatient clinics)

Neurology (outpatients); neurological rehabilitation (services provided at the Floyd Unit, Birch Hill Hospital)

Obstetrics and maternity (antenatal/postnatal care, ultrasound screening and most diagnostic tests); occupational therapy; oncology (outpatients); opthalmology (day case, outpatients transferred from Birch Hill); oral and maxillofacial (day case, outpatients)

Elective orthopaedics (only planned surgery not requiring access to critical care/high dependency facilities, day case, outpatients); trauma orthopaedics (day case/outpatients); orthoptics; orthotics.

Paediatrics (outpatients); pain management; palliative care; pathology; pharmacy; physiotherapy.

Renal (haemodialysis, outpatients); respiratory (outpatients, day case); rheumatology (inpatients, day case, outpatients)

Speech and language therapy; stroke (outpatients, rehabilitation, diagnostics)

Upper gastro-intestinal and hepato-biliary (day case, outpatients); urology (day case, outpatients)

Vascular surgery (day case, outpatients)

GOING

Urgent accident and emergency care. Rochdale Infirmary's full A&E department will be replaced by an Urgent Care Centre.

Anti-coagulation treatment will be delivered in community settings.

Critical care

Neonatal services

Delivery services

Paediatrics (inpatient)