Building on the earlier work undertaken by the Clinical Senate in 2014, 2015 and 2017, the Senate was commissioned by Lincolnshire STP to review whether there is a clear clinical evidence base underpinning the proposals to reconfigure services to deliver improved quality of care and enhance recruitment and retention of staff in order to deliver sustainable services.
The review focussed on the clinical interdependencies between the services proposed for reconfiguration and the totality of the changes proposed. The proposals have been developed by Lincolnshire clinicians under the umbrella of Lincolnshire’s Acute Services Review. The clinical review team was asked whether it would support the proposals based on clinical sustainability, workforce and clinical outcomes.