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Health Commission defers decisions on CPMC Prop Q items after community warnings about lost beds and oversight
Summary
After public testimony that transfers of services from CPMC to the Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation could reduce public oversight and cut local capacity, the Health Commission deferred Prop Q resolutions — including changes tied to an Alzheimer's day program, the closure of a 24‑bed residential unit and outpatient transfers affecting 7,500 patients — to allow staff to return with more data.
The San Francisco Health Commission held a lengthy Prop Q hearing on multiple items related to California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) proposed changes and management transfers.
Staff described three linked items: a licensure change to transfer an Alzheimer’s Adult Day Program from CPMC to the Institute on Aging (IOA); the closure of a 24‑bed Alzheimer’s residential care facility (Swindells) that staff said would produce a net loss of roughly 10 residential care beds citywide; and the management transfer of five outpatient departments (including breast health/mammography, noninvasive cardiology, diabetes centers and an outpatient psychiatry clinic) from CPMC to Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation (SPMF).
Sneha Patel…
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