MAP Health and Social Care

Worksheet S3: Health and public safety
=== Sub-section 1: Health and Social Care ===
Q 1. Doctor and dentist provision:
a.How many doctors and dentists surgeries are there?
b.How do these figures compare with Local Health Authority target levels and local needs?
 
c.Where are they located?
d.Will any future planned changes to service provision increase or decrease access to doctors and dentists?
e.What transport is there (either public, a suitable community transport scheme, or both) to surgeries from outlying areas?
(Worksheets EN1 Q9; EC7 Q7,15; T1; T2; T3 also refer to public transport)
Q 2. Clinics:
a.What specialist clinics and out patient clinics are available locally (for example, family planning, drugs and drink advice)? 
b.Where are they?
Q 3. Mobile units:
a.Which local health clinics, doctors and dentists operate mobile service units? 
b.What areas do they cover?
c.Are there any plans to increase the coverage by mobile units?
Q 4. Non-emergency hospital services
a.How easy is it for residents to get access to non-emergency hospital services as a user or visitor? 
b.What services are available?
c.How far away are they?
d.Are they accessible by public transport?
e.Can patients pre-book appointments?
f.What are the waiting times for getting appointments?
g.How long are people on waiting lists?
(Worksheets EN1 Q9; EC7 Q7,15; T1; T2; T3 also refer to public transport)
 
Q 5. Home services
a.What social and health care services are available in the home for those needing them (for example, community nurses, health visitors, home help, etc)? 
b.What informal support is available for those not using statutory services?
(Worksheets EC7 Q8; T2 Q4,5; T3 also refer to disability issues)
Q 6. Health
a.How do local mortality rates for heart disease, stroke, cancer, suicide and accidents compare with regional and national averages? 
b.If they are high, what health service provision is being targeted in these areas?
Q 7. Pollution levels
 
a.Do background levels of noise, air quality and water quality meet or exceed national standards?
b.Are there any blackspots where national levels are exceeded?
(Worksheets EN1; EN2; EN3; EC7 Q10,17,18 also refer to environmental quality)
=== Sub-section 2: Emergency services ===
Q 8 Response time targets
a.What are the ambulance, police and fire services response time targets?
b.How well are these targets being met?
c.What are the problem areas if targets are not met?
d.What plans are there to improve these?