South West Clinical Senate Council Meeting, 14th May 2015, Taunton Rugby Football Club The question: Can the Clinical Senate assure South West CCGs that the clinical co-dependencies described by the South East Coast Senate are appropriate to support comprehensive,...
Advice on plans for the transition of maternity, neonatal, paediatric and gynaecology services from Ealing Hospital. Report of the Clinical Review Panel held on 11 March 2014 The Senate was asked to give advice on the proposal to decommission maternity and paediatric...
The NHS 5 year forward view highlights the health and wellbeing gap: "if the nation fails to get serious about prevention then recent progress in healthy life expectancies will stall, health inequalities will widen, and our ability to fund beneficial new treatments...
A comprehensive clinical overview of the inter-dependencies of a wide range of acute hospital-based clinical services, and some of the key themes to consider in planning reconfiguration of services. A detailed grid summarises which services need to be co-located,...
Recommendations about the criteria (clinical, pragmatic and humanistic) which should be used to determine suitability for discharge from acute units to community settings (including normal place of residence).
Report of the Clinical Review Panel held on 29 October 2014 The Senate was asked to provide independent clinical advice on proposals for inpatient mental health services in South West London which underpinned a substantial development programme to modernise facilities...
In January 2014, the nine CCGs in Hampshire, Dorset, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight asked the Strategic Clinical Network for Maternity, Children and Young People to develop a 5-10 year strategic plan for maternity, neonatal and paediatric services. This...
Using available evidence and guidance the Senate made recommendations about how emergency surgical services should be configured in the South West, so as to provide comprehensive, high quality emergency care based on national standards that is sustainable for the...
The Wessex Clinical Senate was asked by West Hampshire and North Hampshire CCGs and NHS England (Wessex) to provide assurance on the clinical service change proposals by Hampshire Hospitals for the development a new critical treatment hospital for North and Mid...
A reconfiguration proposal was developed in 2014/15 for Frimley Park Hospital, in Camberley, Surrey, to acquire Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital (HWP), Slough by means of a financial merger. The proposal was seen as an opportunity to help secure the sustainability...
In August 2014 the London Clinical Senate launched the “Helping Smokers Quit” programme to support whole-system behaviour change, with the goal that every London clinical knows the smoking status of each patient they care and supports them to quit. It focused on...
The London Clinical Senate Forum and the work of the London Health Commission identified self-care in young adults as a major priority for the health system in London. The Senate ran engagement events in different community settings and provided training and support...
Advice in relation to recommendations for service change for (mainly) specialised cancer and cardiovascular services and the model of care for radical prostatectomies Report of the Clinical Review Panel held on 11 March 2014 The Senate was asked to provide advice in...
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a vital component of end of life care planning. This publication summarises the benefits of ACP, explores the current barriers to its greater uptake, and provides a wide range of recommendations to enable its greater use. Our publication...
Horizon Scanning - referred to the Senate following anecdotal evidence of pressure on mental health services in Wessex. A scoping piece of work was commissioned by the Senate from the Strategic Clinical Network.
Given the demography of the South West and taking into consideration: 24/7 access to a specialist opinion, the issue of late diagnosis and people over the age of 50, the senate has specified recommendations for the optimal model/s to deliver HIV care to children and...
In order to deliver excellent care which complies with NHS England's service specifications, these are the principles which the South West Clinical Senate proposes that specialised commissioning should consider.
Request for advice from Strategic Clinical Networks who had concerns that the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 had resulted in a significant increase in acute referrals out of Wessex (particularly for Specialised Services). The Senate commissioned...
The Council was asked by NHS England (Wessex) to consider three options for reconfiguration of vascular surgery in South East Hampshire: Option 1 Maintain two independent vascular centres Option 2 Network model as described in the NHS Contract for Specialised Vascular...