Local health and care systems have come together in 44 ‘footprints’ to produce a multi-year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) showing how together they will improve services and achieve aggregate financial balance over the next five years – in effect, delivering their own local plans for implementing the Five Year Forward View (5YFV). Further information can be found in PSNC Briefing 046/16: An introduction to STPs.

NHS England has produced several STP aide-mémoire (quick guides). The guides aim to help local leaders work together in tackling the big system challenges, and build on existing efforts to make progress on some of the most challenging clinical priorities. Each guide sets out what success would look like in 2020 with suggestions about how areas could implement them.

This PSNC Briefing summarises the elements of the guides which are of most relevance to community pharmacy and which will be of interest to LPCs in discussions they have with local commissioners.

PSNC Briefing 047/16: STP aides-mémoire (quick guides)

If you have any queries on this PSNC Briefing or you require more information, please contact Zainab Al-Kharsan, Service Development Pharmacist.

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