The Bridlington Care Unit was opened in 2021 during the Covid pandemic as a temporary means of creating capacity primarily for patients leaving Scarborough Hospital who were clinically ready for discharge but didn’t have a care package.

Bridlington Care Unit (BCU) is a 28-bed unit (six four-bed bays and four side rooms) that primarily supports patients who are medically fit to be discharged but are awaiting onward care. As the patients on the unit have been discharged from the acute hospital’s care and are medically fit to be discharged, any medical care required by patients on the unit is provided by GPs.

The aim is that all patients benefit from the shortest possible stay on a ward, getting home as soon as they are fit to leave hospital with the support they need.

The NHS is proposing to close the unit and instead strengthen community-based services to help people return home sooner with appropriate support. We would like to understand your views on this proposal and what matters most to you.

The informal drop-in events offer residents the opportunity to meet staff from local health and care organisations, find out more about services available in the town, learn about future plans for Bridlington Hospital, and understand the proposals for the Bridlington Care Unit and wider local health and care services.

Visitors will be able to speak directly with teams, ask questions and share what matters most to them and their communities.

The events will take place at Bridlington Spa: 

• Monday 27 July, 4pm to 7pm
• Tuesday 28 July, 10am to 1pm

 No booking is required, and people are welcome to drop in at any time during the sessions.

For those unable to attend an event, there will be other opportunities to share feedback, including through the online Bridlington Hospital survey.

If you prefer, you can download and print a copy of the Bridlington Hospital survey and return it to us by post. No stamp is required – simply place it in an envelope and pop it in the post.

FREEPOST RTTL-HSBE-BLHL
Health House
Grange Park Lane
Willerby
Hull
HU10 6DT

All responses are anonymous, and we will not ask for your name or contact details.

If you need this survey in large print, another language or another format, or if you need help to complete it, please contact:

• Telephone: 01904 721855
• Email: yhs-tr.communications.team@nhs.net

The closing date for this survey is midnight Sunday 9 August 2026.

Feedback gathered through the engagement will help inform the longer-term development of health and care services in Bridlington, including plans for the Bridlington Care Unit.

Feedback will be analysed and the report will be published on the Trust website.