Will STPs deliver the changes we wish see in our health and care services?

Will STPs deliver the changes we wish see in our health and care services? Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are based on the notion that collective action is needed to address the significant pressures now facing health and care services in England. Thelogic of this is sound – but developing the plans has been far from easy, and implementing them will require leaders and organisations across a local STP footprint to work together in new ways. In our new report, Sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS, we make a number of recommendations as to how leaders and organisations might do this. The King's Fund

See also:

• Controversial plans right way forward for the NHS The King's Fund
• NHS bosses 'tried to keep cuts secret' BBC News
• Maternity units and A&Es under threat as the NHS tackle a budget crisis The Daily Mail
• 'Secret' plans to close A&E departments could put lives at  risk, leading doctors warn The Daily Telegraph
• STPs 'far from perfect' but NHS has no plan B, warns think tank GP Online
• Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank The Guardian
• NHS plans to close hospitals and A&E departments kept secret from the public, investigation finds The Independent
• NHS cost-cutting plans 'kept secret from public and media' ITV News
• GPs 'least involved' in sweeping plans for NHS change, warns King’s Fund Pulse