at their AGM 26pm Thurs 10 Sept Shay Stadium, Halifa t's time to bringCalderdale CCG owes everyone an apology Calderdale 38 Degrees NHS Campaign demands that the CCG apologises for falsely claiming in the engagement evidence data pack that there have been no public complaints about the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposals. And for “engaging” “stakeholders” in a flawed, biassed process, Public opposition was obvious from the first big street demonstration in March 2014, and has continued ever since then. But Calderdale CCG's 20th August Stakeholder Engagement Event presented the claim that “The Care Closer to Home plans are genuinely what people want." Councillors have pointed out absurdities, design flaws and weaknesses in the CCG’s engagement. From the start in 2014, it's been a shambles - misinformation, in our view. “Appreciative enquiry” has only made this worse You've not told “stakeholders” that the price of so-called ‘care closer to home' will be the loss of our local acute hospital services. Nor that there is reliable evidence that closing A&E departments increases death rates. Nor that there is no evidence that the new schemes will be better for patients - or cheaper. We deserve better. Tell us what ALL the options are, honestly and openly, so that we can make informed choices. Instead, you're already carrying out your plans, and the CCGs’ big “challenge” is to “realign the mindsets of patients, their carers and NHS staff” to accept the “vision” - as documents reveal and Greater Huddersfield CCG AGM confirmed. Printed and published by Calderdale 38 Degrees NHS Campaign Group, c/o Laurel Bank, HX2 6PS