NHS England has asked NHS organisations to work together on improvement plans for their area, called Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) to tackle three challenges:
Our draft plan is one of 44 such plans being developed across the country, and it identifies four priority areas:
Over the next few months, more work will be done on our plan within NHS organisations, and working with local councils and other partners, such as the voluntary sector.
A summary of the plan is available HERE
The full draft STP submission made to NHS England available HERE is a technical document containing a high level of detail service by service.
'I cannot commend the clinic enough. It is marvellous we have this service at all and well done to you all.'
Patient, Coronary Heart Disease / Heart Failure Service, Shotley Bridge Community Hospital