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A review on behalf of North Lincolnshire CCGs on community ophthalmology services.

A review of the service specification on behalf of the Working Together Programme in relation to non-specialised children's surgery and anaesthesia.

Report on behalf of Calderdale, North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield CCGs to review the proposals for a change in the provision of Community Services.

Report on behalf of North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire CCGs to review the options under consideration for Hyper Acute Stroke Services.

Position Report on behalf of NHS East Riding of York CCG summarising the Senate role in the review of services at Goole and District Hospital

Report on behalf of North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire to review the options that are being considered for service change, including the preferred option, and contribute with any issues for the re-organisation of Ear Nose and Throat Surgery.

Report on behalf of The Mid Yorkshire Health and Social Care Partnership Transformation Programme reviewing their Outline Business Case (May 2014) to provide advice regarding the case for change, the assumptions regarding changes in services and its impact upon...

Sunderland CCG and South Tyneside CCG requested an independent clinical review of the safety, efficacy and robustness of two proposed paediatric service configurations which form part of a series of acute change proposals being put forward as part of the Path to...

In September 2017, the Northern England Clinical Senate was approached by the Clinical Leadership Group of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust (with the support of its local clinical commissioning groups) who sought independent clinical advice and support as...

The South West Clinical Senate met in Sept 2021 to develop recommendations for the following, maximising resources for Children & Young People community and inpatient services for Eating Disorders to manage the increased demand and acuity.   Following the...

Further to our annual event in November 2018 on Physical Activity as Treatment, which was co-hosted with Public Health England, this theme was adopted into our proactive programmes of work. It has culminated in the brief report below that describes how and why...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was commissioned by NHS England in response to the severe winter pressures experienced in 2017/18 to assess the evidence currently available to organisations within our region to assist in their planning for ‘Winter Pressures’, and to...

An Independent Clinical Senate review of Clinical Governance and Risk Management of the Ophthalmology department was commissioned. The Senate panel acknowledged that this review was completed during COVID-19 recovery and this required implementing a different method...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was approached by the East of England specialised services team to provide independent clinical advice on the proposed options developed for the reconfiguration of specialised vascular services in Hertfordshire and Essex.

The East Midlands Clinical Senate review of the Lincolnshire Adult Vascular Surgery Service was commissioned by the NHS England Lincolnshire and Leicestershire area team to provide an independent clinical review of the options proposed by the East Midlands...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was approached by North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group to provide independent clinical advice on the North Derbyshire transformation programme as part of the NHS England assurance...

The Clinical Senate was commissioned by Corby CCG, a constituent member of the Northamptonshire STP, to review Corby’s New Primary Care Clinical Model.

The Clinical Senate was commissioned by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership. The Clinical Senate was commissioned to provide a strategic sense check of Northamptonshire’s emerging new pathway...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was commissioned by Nene and Corby CCGs. A new model of care has been developed to meet the health needs of disabled children who access residential short break services within Northamptonshire.

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was commissioned earlier in the year to undertake a further two clinical reviews, specifically looking at Maternity Services and Community Services: Community Services The aim of the review was to test if there is a clear clinical...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was commissioned earlier in the year to undertake a further two clinical reviews, specifically looking at Maternity Services and Community Services: Maternity Services The aim of the clinical review was to test if there is a clear...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate was commissioned by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to support the completion of their Pre-Consultation Business Case that will be used to enable UHL to secure capital funding and go out to consult the public on plans...

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...

This report by the East Midlands Clinical Senate provides background information, a case for change and recommendations to encourage more people to be more active more of the time. The focus of the report is physical activity and the benefits to be obtained through...

This report written in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons and with the support of the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Commissioning Services for an Ageing Population and Those Living with Frailty, summarises national publications with...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate facilitated a stakeholder event to identify a shared solution for dermatology services

This report from Public Health England East Midlands and the East Midlands Clinical Senate aims to support the delivery of the prevention challenge in the region. It highlights the projected rises in demand for health and care services, provides a practical framework...

Public Health England (PHE) East Midlands in partnership with the East Midlands Clinical Senate and the University of Sheffield developed a leading evidence review on ‘multiple site, single service models of care’ (MSSS). MSSS models of care are often the result of a...

Stroke Service Reconfiguration for Birmingham Solihull and the Black Country The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked to provide clinical assurance of the Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country Stroke Services Reconfiguration programme as part of NHS England's...

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked to provide informal advice and expert ‘critical’ challenge, to the service models being developed in the Future Fit: Shaping Healthcare Together programme as part of NHS England’s Stage 1 assurance process.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked to undertake a needs–based investigation into the provision of hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) services across the West Midlands.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by NHS England Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team to provide clinical assurance of the Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire Programme as part of NHS England's Stage 2 assurance process.

This Stage 2 Clinical Assurance Review was undertaken at the request of Warwickshire North Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), who were acting on behalf of all three Warwickshire CCGs.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by NHS England Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire  Area  Team to  provide  clinical  assurance  of  the  Future  of  Acute Hospital  Services  in  Worcestershire  Programme  as  part  of  NHS  England  Stage  2...

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by the Future Fit Programme Board on behalf of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin CCG to provide independent clinical advice on the Future Fit Action Plan V11.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was approached by North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs to provide independent clinical advice on the Community Hospitals and Discharge to Assess Progress prior to their Strategic Sense Check as part of the NHS England assurance...

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide independent clinical advice on the One Herefordshire System Community Transformation Programme “Living Well at Home”, prior to their Strategic Sense Check as part...

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by Walsall CCG to provide independent clinical advice on the reconfiguration of Walsall Stroke Services. In addition to the report linked below, a further report is available on our website or via the following link:...

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by Walsall CCG to provide independent clinical advice on the proposed consolidation of Walsall Urgent Care Services on the Walsall Manor Hospital site.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs to provide independent clinical advice on the proposed future of local health services in Northern Staffordshire reconfiguration, with specific reference to community beds.

The West Midlands Clinical Senate was asked by Shropshire CCG to provide independent clinical advice on the proposed Shropshire midwifery-led unit reconfiguration.

Addendum to Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Emergency Department Overnight Closure Princess Royal Hospital, Telford The Stafford and Surrounds CCG formally requested the advice of the West Midlands Clinical Senate, to assess the benefits and risk associated with the...

Black Country and West Birmingham CCG is seeking to award an Integrated Care Provider contract to Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust.  This contract includes the provision of a number of community health services, currently provided by Dudley Group NHS...

The Clinical Senate received a recommendation from the West Midlands NHS England Medical Director to undertake a formal Senate review for the Dudley MCP clinical model, in November 2018. Dudley CCG was selected to join NHS England’s Vanguard Programme in early 2015...

Following the advice and recommendations formulated in 2019, the review panel reconvened for a short desk-top review in February 2020.

The Senate was commissioned to conduct a service review by the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Executive Team and senior officers in the CCG on the proposed reconfigured service model of the Orion Unit. This is the only service of its type in...

The East Midlands Clinical Senate were asked by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) STP to review their forward transformation plans for urgent and emergency mental health care and planned community mental health services for adults. The system is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a stark light on inequalities in health and healthcare. The twin challenges of recovering NHS services inclusively, and realising the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, requires focus and drive at every level in the NHS. Health inequalities...

Following the Senate report published in April 2016 which considered the earlier stages of this work, a future direction of travel for vascular services across Yorkshire and the Humber was developed by the commissioners. The Senate was asked to carry out a further...

Following recommendations made by the Senate in part 1 of this review, the Working Together commissioners developed a blueprint for stroke services across Yorkshire and the Humber. The Senate was asked to review the blueprint and the principles which underline it.