The Clinical Senate was commissioned by University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) to review the current model of medicine, cardiology and respiratory care across the Glenfield and Leicester Royal Infirmary sites and the proposed high-level model of change (both short and long term). The Senate was asked to provide clinical challenge and a sense check that this will lead to improved safe and equitable care for their patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Trust has a short-term (6-12 months) and long-term (2-3 years) plan in place and sought input from the Clinical Senate to review aspects of the plan and consider/provide clinical opinion.
The West Midlands Clinical Senate was jointly commissioned to undertake a clinical review of the Inpatient Mental Health Services across South Staffordshire. This programme is being led by Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, with support from the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, as the body with a statutory duty for patient and public involvement and commissioning of services.
Black Country and West Birmingham CCG is seeking to award an Integrated Care Provider contract to Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust. This contract includes the provision of a number of community health services, currently provided by Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.
The Clinical Senate were asked to specifically appraise the system assessment undertaken and particularly in relation to the benefits for patient care and clinical risks associated with the transfer of (a number of these) services.
Following the advice and recommendations formulated in 2019, the review panel reconvened for a short desk-top review in February 2020.
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 Trust.
The Clinical Senate received a recommendation from the West Midlands NHS England Medical Director to undertake a formal Senate review for the Dudley MCP clinical model, in November 2018. Dudley CCG was selected to join NHS England’s Vanguard Programme in early 2015 with the intention to develop a new care model – the Multi-Specialty Community Provider (MCP).