Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships

(asked on 23rd June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to require all sustainability and transformation plans to include a needs analysis.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 29th June 2017

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) are not statutory organisations, but a new way for the National Health Service and local government to work together.

Originally, every STP’s plan was based on their assessment of the health and prevention needs of their area’s population, as well as the financial envelope they operate in. This was set out in the Planning Guidance published by NHS England in December 2015.

In any significant reconfiguration decision taken, STPs are required to ensure they meet the four reconfiguration tests, including the need for clear, clinical evidence to underpin any decision taken to help ensure the needs of the local population are met.

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