What did you tell us about Trafford General Hospital?
During May to June 2019 we asked our Trafford Healthwatch 100 panel for their views of the services available at Trafford General Hospital and the future of the hospital.
Our NHS@70 project in 2018 had revealed that strong opinions exist among residents about the hospital, with varied knowledge about what it does and a particularly mixed response to what the future holds for the hospital.
So we ran a specific survey to explore further, to which 83 residents replied.
We found that a significant proportion of respondents believed that they could use services at the hospital that are in fact not available there. For example, a substantial percentage of people [32.9%] believe that Trafford General Hospital has an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.
Our report was published in October – it includes the hospital trust’s response to our recommendations, which we will be discussing with them in the near future.
