Clinical Senates are non-statutory bodies of the English
NHS
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, established by the
Health and Social Care Act 2012
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.
Description
Clinical senates were established by the English
NHS
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
as multi-professional clinical leadership groups from April 2013 onward to "help
clinical commissioning group
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integra ...
s (CCGs),
health and wellbeing board
Health and wellbeing boards are statutory bodies introduced in England under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, whose role is to promote integrated working among local providers of healthcare and social care.
Establishment
The 2012 Act require ...
s (HWBs) and the NHS
NHS Commissioning Board
NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the ...
to make the best decisions about healthcare for the populations they represent by providing advice and leadership at a strategic level".
There are 12 Clinical Senates across
England
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based upon geographical areas of major patient flows into tertiary centres, as determined by the
NHS Commissioning Board
NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the ...
: East of England, East Midlands, Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire, London, North West Coast, Northern, South East, South West, Thames Valley, Wessex, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber.
As of March 2014, it had been reported that by the end of 2013 two had not met at all, three had met only once, and three met twice. Two clinical senates had met three times by the end of 2013.
Sir David Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson is a public policy analyst, forthcoming Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, current Chair of Worcestershire acute hospitals NHS trust and NHS manager who was Chief Executive of the National Health Service in En ...
, Chief Executive of
NHS England
NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the ...
in his retirement interview April 2014 was most critical of clinical senates, which he rated just four out of 10, saying he didn't "quite see the benefits coming through at the moment".
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External links
Clinical Senates
National Health Service (England)
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