Appendix 4. The Four Tests for Service Change Government’s Mandate to NHS England, November 2013, page 14, para 3.4 Where local clinicians are proposing significant change to services, we want to see better informed local decision-making about services, in which the public are fully consulted and involved. NHS England’s objective is to ensure that proposed changes meet four tests: (i) strong public and patient engagement; ii) consistency with current and prospective need for patient choice; iii) a clear clinical evidence base; and iv) support for proposals from clinical commissioners. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2014-to-2015 Appendix 5. References and key documents Planning and delivering service changes for patients, Dec 2013 The Way Forward for Strategic Clinical Networks, July 2012 Way forward -clinical senates, January 2013 Government’s Mandate to NHS England, Nov 2013, (includes the four tests for service change) Appendix 6. Members of the task and finish group Dir Name Role Medical David Levy MD, Mids and East Damien Riley MD, North Nigel Acheson MD Andy Mitchell MD, London (represented by Sue Dutch) Cathy Hassel Senior Manager, NSC Ops Tim Barton North David Mallett London Gareth Midlands and East Lorraine Foley South Policy Ashley Moore NSC policy lead Anthony Kealy NSC partnerships lead Senates Deborah Tomalin AD SCNs and Senate, SE Coast Ellie Devine Senate manager (SW) Jo Poole Senate manager (Yorks) Nigel Beasley Senate (East Mids) Sue Senate programme lead (London) NCAT Chris Clough NCAT 2/4/14 Tim Barton, NHS England timbarton@nhs.net
Appendix 4. The Four Tests for Service Change Government’s Mandate to NHS England, November 2013, page 14, para 3.4 Where local clinicians are proposing significant change to services, we want to see better informed local decision-making about services, in which the public are fully consulted and involved. NHS England’s objective is to ensure that proposed changes meet four tests: (i) strong public and patient engagement; ii) consistency with current and prospective need for patient choice; iii) a clear clinical evidence base; and iv) support for proposals from clinical commissioners. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2014-to-2015 Appendix 5. References and key documents Planning and delivering service changes for patients, Dec 2013 The Way Forward for Strategic Clinical Networks, July 2012 Way forward -clinical senates, January 2013 Government’s Mandate to NHS England, Nov 2013, (includes the four tests for service change) Appendix 6. Members of the task and finish group Dir Name Role Medical David Levy Damien Riley Nigel Acheson Andy Mitchell Cathy Hassel MD, Mids and East MD, North MD MD, London (represented by Sue Dutch) Senior Manager, NSC Ops Tim Barton David Mallett Gareth Lorraine Foley North London Midlands and East South Policy Ashley Moore Anthony Kealy NSC policy lead NSC partnerships lead Senates Deborah Tomalin Ellie Devine Jo Poole Nigel Beasley Sue AD SCNs and Senate, SE Coast Senate manager (SW) Senate manager (Yorks) Senate (East Mids) Senate programme lead (London) NCAT Chris Clough NCAT 2/4/14 Tim Barton, NHS England timbarton@nhs.net