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The outputs, reports and recommendations from the Clinical Senate are the property of the sponsoring organisations. Public domain access to the Clinical Senate review reports is made only on the express permission of the sponsoring organisation.
The Senate offers support under five broad categories detailed below with the sixth covering bespoke projects carried out by our Clinical Senate Leadership Fellows annually (see relevant section for more detail). Please Contact Us and we would be happy to have an informal conversation to explore your particular needs further.
Senate support can be broadly categorised as:
Independent clinical review to support major service change and reconfiguration
The Clinical Senate is integral to the processes related to all major service changes within systems. The Clinical Senate should be engaged early to support systems to develop a robust clinical model and to help plan timelines and manage expectations. An independent Clinical Senate review would focus on ensuring there is a clear clinical evidence base which is a key test for major service change. The Senate can support the system throughout the whole process through to its decision-making business cases.
Independent clinical advice/review to support other system priorities
Clinical Senates can undertake reviews or provide advice at all points in transformation processes. For example, theme-based reviews to support system priority areas and assist in understanding how they fit in the long-term plan priorities, the current system map and what improvements are advisable. They support systems to understand and frame local challenges within the national context. This includes key priorities such as reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes.
Building clinical leadership for the future
Clinical Senates have a unique position in the system with very positive and wide-reaching relationships across health and social care. Through membership on the Clinical Senate Council and Assembly, clinical professionals have significant opportunities to get involved in major service changes in other systems and exposure to broader Clinical Senate activities to support their development as leaders for the future.
Sharing best practice
Clinical Senates have a huge resource in the pooled expertise of its Senate members, further informed by the learning of the combined clinical reviews they have undertaken. Clinical Senates provides the platform for sharing that expertise and learning effectively both within an individual Senate geography and between Senates nationally.
Supporting progress with local challenges
As an independent and impartial body, Clinical Senates can operate as an ‘honest broker’ to help create a forum where conflicting clinical views can be reconciled or issues that have become entrenched and block progress can be resolved. This facilitates progress in a constructive and positive manner for the health economy.
Proactive work programmes
Proactive work is agreed by our Senate Council and features in our annual work programme and led by our Clinical Senates Leadership Fellows.
Completed proactive work includes: