Trust chief executive Maria Cole, of Queenstown, was asked to comment on the announcement by DHB chief executive Brian Rousseau a public meeting and a forum on the board's proposed health plan will be held in the City Impact Church, in Frankton, on April 6, at 7.30pm.
The trust called for comprehensive public consultation on the proposed centre, Mrs Cole said.
At this time last year, the trust hosted two meetings coinciding with the DHB's consultation and more people came to these than to any other public meeting in Queenstown, Mrs Cole said.
"During that time, Brian Rousseau presented the concept of an integrated family health centre and he stressed it was an idea, he was gauging community feeling and there would be more detail to follow with further consultations.
"That hasn't happened. There still is no substantive detail and, moreover, the public are being asked to accept an integrated family health centre is a fait accompli and now it's just a question of the DHB deciding where they are going to locate it."
Trustees would attend the meeting on April 6 and announce the date and venue of its own community forum this week, Mrs Cole said.
"The meeting will be a chance for the community to address the group, the trust will do a presentation and it will [give] a chance for people to tell us how they feel and ask questions about the IFHC, but there are other festering issues about health services generally."
Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell, of Wellington, said the timing of the community meeting after Lakes District Hospital staff and their union representatives gave their feedback on the IFHC recommendation, by last Friday, suggested Mr Rousseau had no intention of taking into account the various representations which would be made.
"To me, this indicates a closed mind obsessed with achieving a pre-determined outcome.
"His proposal is not based on sound evidence, it's not based on any robust analysis and is extremely flaky and holds significant risks for the future of health services in the Wakatipu and also raises issues of staffing of Lakes District Hospital by the reduction of staffing numbers."
Mr Powell said the view of the association was the DHB should not be proposing to cut staff numbers by two.
There had been no analysis to justify the cuts, he said.
The association advocated the board look at its "core processes", not make structural changes, to improve health service cost effectiveness.
