NHS Tayside to hold consultation events on service changes

NHS Tayside will hold a series of consultation events on proposed changes to mental health and learning disability services.

Service users, carers, relatives and members of the public are encouraged to attend public information events next month.

The health board is considering a move to a single site for general adult psychiatry acute admissions at Carseview Centre in Dundee.

Currently this service is also provided at the Mulberry Unit at Stracathro Hospital and the Murray Royal Hospital in Perth.

The health board is also consulting on a single site for learning disability services at Murray Royal Hospital in Perth.

The option has already been presented to NHS Tayside committees, Tayside NHS Board, and Perth and Kinross, Dundee and Angus Integration Joint Boards.

The consultations will run until October 4, during which time the health board is gathering views and feedback from service users, carers, staff and members of the public.

All views will be included in a final report with recommendations for the new service model, which will be presented back to the NHS Tayside and integrated joint boards before Perth and Kinross integrated joint board makes a final decision.

The public consultation events are as follows:

Arbroath, September 4, 4-6pm, St AndrewsChurch,HamiltonGreen.

Montrose, September 5, 2-5pm, YMCA, 98 Murray Street.

Kirriemuir, September 7, 11am-2.30pm, Kirriemuir Town Hall, Reform Street.

Perth, September 11, 2-6pm, Gannochy Suite, Dewars Centre, Glover Street.

Crieff, September 12, 11am-2.30pm, Strathearn Artspace, 6 Comrie Street.

Dundee, September 13, 2-6pm, The Steeple, Nethergate.

Blairgowrie, September 14, 2-5pm, Town Hall.

Pitlochry, September 18, 11am-2pm, Town Hall. Auchterarder, September 20, 11am-2.30pm,CommunityChurch, High Street, Auchterarder.

Kinross, September 21, 11am-2.30pm, Loch Leven Community Campus, The Muirs.