The review focussed on the Castleberg Community Hospital, a 10 bed intermediate facility which had experienced temporary closures for patient safety reasons due structural problems with the building. It is sited in a rural community which holds it in high regard and...
Specialised Pancreatic Cancer services within Yorkshire and the Humber are delivered in 3 specialist centres, only one of which is compliant with the minimum population required. Specialised commissioners reviewed and evaluated the current model with the intention of...
The Northern England Clinical Senate was asked to undertake a formal clinical review of the proposals for Urgent and Emergency Paediatrics services across South Tyneside District Hospital and Sunderland Royal Hospital as part of the Path To Excellence programme (Phase...
The aim of this programme was to deliver a safe and sustainable out of hours emergency service for Ophthalmology across seven trusts. The Senate was consulted for advice on the options developed. The Senate was asked to review the 5 options and identify areas of...
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) commissioned the East Midlands Clinical Senate to undertake a joint review of their ENT services. The review included an options appraisal of proposed future models to assist the trusts to...
GMLSC Clinical Senate was commissioned to review the proposed "Our Health Our Care" models of care for Central Lancashire. In particular to: Identify whether the proposed models for self-care, GP services and Locality Hubs are credible and robust; Examine the clinical...
North Tyneside CCG were directed by NHS England to seek clinical support from the Northern Clinical Senate to develop their clinical model for Urgent Care following the formal NHSE Stage 2 Assurance Review of the CCGs initial proposals. This review found that...
Northampton General Hospital commissioned the East Midlands Clinical Senate to undertake an independent clinical review of all aspects of the Breast pathway, symptomatic and screening: The patients' pathway from the two-week wait, screening invitation through to the...
Northampton General Hospital commissioned the East Midlands Clinical Senate to undertake an independent clinical review addressing broad areas of concern around the cardiology service categorised as capacity and productivity, aspects of governance and oversight and...
NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG commissioned the East Midlands Clinical Senate to undertake an independent clinical review of their approach to Urgent Treatment Centre Designation and their framework for decision making to ensure their decisions assess health...
A formal, independent clinical review, in line with the NHS England stage 2 assurance process, of the proposed plans for oncology services delivered to the populations of Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington CCGs (for the purposes of this review known as...
Following the Kirkup Report and RCOG Report regarding maternity services delivered by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, the provider and commissioner developed a preferred option for future services. The GMLSC Clinical Senate reviewed the proposal. It...
The clinical review team were asked to examine the clinical case for change underpinning the proposals for the National Rehabilitation Centre. The National Rehabilitation Centre includes a regional clinical facility and national research and education hubs in...
Clinical Review of the Outline Business Case for Meeting the Challenge proposals in Mid Yorkshire. The alignment relates specifically to enabling the reduction in approximately 171 hospital beds over the next 3 years. Senate report provides advice regarding the case...
West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) commissioned the East Midlands Clinical Senate to review the implementation of their Community Health Services model, which was launched on 1st December 2019. LLR was an accelerator site for the National Ageing...
Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees CCG asked the Clinical Senate to undertake an independent review of the reasons behind the announced closure of the Hartlepool Assisted Reproduction Unit (part of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust). The Unit was closed at...
The Humber Acute Services Review (HASR) will determine the long-term future of acute hospital services at the five hospitals in the Hull and East Riding and Northern Lincolnshire area (Scunthorpe General Hospital (SGH), Grimsby's Diana Princess of Wales Hospital,...
In 2018 Northumberland CCG consulted on the closure of a small number of community beds at Rothbury Community Hospital (part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT) following a period of under-utilisation and suspension of service. The CCG decided to formally close the beds...
As part of a re-procurement of community services, draft service specifications were developed for integrated sexual health services, urgent care and integrated community health services. The Senate was asked to review the draft specifications and advise of any gaps...
Review of the options being considered for stroke within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole.
This third review, jointly undertaken by the Clinical Senates from across the north of England, was requested by the Healthier Together programme to give further clinical advice on issues raised during consultation regarding the proposed new models of care in Greater...
Between September and December 2013, the National Clinical Advisory Team (NCAT) carried out a formal review of the structural components of the Healthier Together Programme in Manchester. The programme was a large scale reconfiguration of acute and primary care....
The Senate was asked to provide an independent clinical evaluation on the impact of changes in skill mix of ambulance crews covering the rural Durham Dales answering the question 'For people in the Durham Dales area, is there any difference in terms of patient care...
An independent clinical review of the proposed plans for the future delivery of adult and older people's specialist mental health services to the population of Central and Eastern Cheshire.
An Independent Clinical Senate review of Clinical Governance and Risk Management in the Ear, Nose and throat (ENT) service of Kettering General Hospital was invited by the Trust following a Freedom To Speak Up concern raised by a staff member regarding these...
The Northern England Clinical Senate and the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Senate were asked to jointly review documentation prepared by Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby CCG Transforming Mental Health Programme to support he NHS England service change assurance...
Continued support to West North East Cumbria on reflection of the independent analysis of consultation for supporting decisions on service configuration decisions. Completed by GMLSC Clinical Senate on behalf of Northern England.
Newcastle-Gateshead CCG had developed a range of clinical scenarios for mental health service configuration as part of their Deciding Together programme. The CCG approached the Senate to ask for an independent review of these clinical scenarios to help provide...
The proposal is for the centralisation of in-patient neonatal and maternity services from two hospital sites into a single unit creating an alongside midwifery-led unit as part of the proposals. The options that the CCG are planning to consult the public on are around...
The GMLSC Clinical Senate reviewed Greater Manchester's plans for a centralised model of stroke care in which all patients with suspected stroke go to a designated centre for assessment and receipt of hyper acute and acute stroke care.
Formal review, in line with NHSE/I stage 2 assurance, of the proposed plans for the future delivery of stroke services to the populations served by Liverpool, South Sefton, Southport & Formby and West Lancashire CCGs.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Independent clinical advice on the options for an interim model for Haemato-Oncology services In July 2019 the Northern England Clinical Senate received a referral from the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) requesting independent clinical...
The Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust and the Cheshire and Merseyside STP Chair requested clinical advice from the Northern England Clinical Senate on how to develop a clinically sustainable future for the Trust. This advice covered the following areas -...
In February 2014, Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust, South West Yorkshire Foundation Trust and Locala developed a Strategic Outline Case for the future provision of community and hospital services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield. The Senate reviewed...
Birmingham and Solihull CCG formally requested the Clinical Senate to provide independent clinical advice on its proposals to reconfigure its Gynaecological and Trauma & Orthopaedic services across various sites of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation...
Provision of additional external clinical expertise and advice to support the process and content of the consultation documentation for the Better Health programme which considers the future of health services in Darlington, Durham and Tees. The review covers Urgent...
Following discussion with the regional PHE team and with input from the COVID response cells within NHSEI in the South West; the Clinical Senate were asked to convene a session in order to provide recommendations on the future test and trace strategy in the South...
The NHSEI national Medical Directorate asked clinicians nationwide to respond to the above questions, to understand beneficial improvements and innovations to clinical pathways during the Covid-19 response (March-June 2020). A preliminary response based on council...
At the request of the South West Region Medical and Nursing Directors of the South West Clinical Senate were asked to review the recently published national guidance to support the NHS to maintain provision for patients with COVID-19, whilst increasing other urgent...
Clinical Senate Forum - Summary Report For this Forum, the London Clinical Senate joined with Public Health England to hear the latest information and evidence internationally, nationally and regionally on the sustainability challenges we face and to actively...
This report is an amalgamation of national and local suicide data, local rates, risk factors of suicide and how each area within the Thames Valley is performing in comparison to England. A scoping exercise using national strategies to improve mental health services,...
A clinical senate review of the PCBC for Sustainable Healthcare in East Kent
Report of the Clinical Review Panel held on 12 November 2019 The Senate was asked to provide advice on proposals relating to moving the provision of acute inpatient and psychiatric intensive care services from the Lambeth Hospital site in Stockwell to the Maudsley...
The Senate is providing clinical leadership to the development of a thrombectomy protocol/pathway through a series of stakeholder engagement meetings and culminating in a clinical stakeholder forum to achieve consensus on: the role of the referring hospital; the...
The NHS produces millions of tonnes of waste, and is responsible for 6.3% of England’s total carbon emissions and 5% of travel in the UK; What are the top 5 high impact changes that healthcare systems can make as a meaningful contribution towards mitigating climate...
Men are THREE times more likely to die prematurely from some common illnesses and conditions than women depending on their lifestyle, personal circumstances, ethnicity, income and willingness to seek help. Do men and women behave in ways that predispose them to...
Report of the Clinical Review Panel held on 25 September 2019 The Senate has been asked to provide advice on proposals to consolidate the provision of adult elective orthopaedic services in north central London. This is a stgae 2 review.
The South West clinical senate deliberated the question, what is the future role of community hospitals in the South West and how should they be configured to meet population health needs, taking into consideration location, size, beds, services and staffing? This...
How can healthcare services and universities work together with students to improve their mental health and wellbeing, preventing university student suicide in the South West?
This report has been produced by the South West Clinical Senate for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) and provides recommendations following a Clinical Review Panel (CRP) that convened on...