https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/financial-performance-reports/<\/a><\/p>As with all public services, local NHS areas need to live within the budget agreed \u2013 otherwise they effectively take up resources that could be spent on general practitioners, mental health care, and cancer treatment. As part of their financial planning, NHS England and NHS Improvement have been running a process to look at how a small number of areas could do more to balance their financial plans, as many already have.<\/p>
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NHS England have published, at a national level, documents which describe the overall approach. Individual clinical commissioning groups directly affected will reflect the impact of the capped expenditure process as part of their publication of plans, and will comply with any further requirements for consultation.<\/p>"}
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NHS England has an ongoing relationship with all the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Staffordshire.<\/p>
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With the agreement of NHS England, the Staffordshire CCGs have agreed to the appointment of a joint Accountable Officer (AO), shared by all the CCGs. On 25 October, it was announced that, following a competitive interview process, Marcus Warnes has been appointed to this post. He is currently the AO of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs. Marcus Warnes starts his new role from 1 November 2017 for five out of the six CCGs. He will be supported by Tony Bruce who will remain as AO for East Staffordshire CCG until he leaves in March 2018. Marcus Warnes will then take on the role for East Staffordshire CCG.<\/p>
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The CCGs are also currently working through a process to bring together a joint executive team. This process is at a relatively early stage.<\/p>
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Each CCG will retain its own legal status, ensuring decisions are locally led.<\/p>
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The Department and NHS Improvement have not had any direct discussions with CCGs in Staffordshire about merging.<\/p>"}
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Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) are not statutory organisations, and therefore cannot directly employ staff. The vast majority of work conducted within STP areas has therefore been conducted by existing staff from organisations within the STP, sometimes in addition to their duties.<\/p>
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Given this, NHS England has advised that the total staff spend of developing the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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Decisions on configuration such as this are best made by the local National Health Service, who can assess how to meet the needs of people in their area. NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued guidance to the system that can help to support local areas in making these decisions.<\/p>
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For any significant system reconfiguration, the expectation is that all local parts of the system talk to the public and stakeholders regularly.<\/p>
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Furthermore, all significant service change is subject to a full public consultation and proposals must meet the Government\u2019s four reconfiguration tests. These are support from clinical commissioners, clarity on the clinical evidence base, robust patient and public engagement and support for patient choice. There is additional NHS England guidance which means that proposed service reconfigurations should be tested for their impact on overall bed numbers in the area.<\/p>"}
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The Department is considering the case, and an announcement will be made in due course.<\/p>"}
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NHS England advises that the total financial position recorded by healthcare organisations who are members of the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) in 2016/17 is as below. A number of organisations span the city and county borders and so it is not possible to apportion the financial positions between Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.<\/p>
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