Clinical Senates are non-statutory bodies of the English

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, established by the

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Description

Clinical senates were established by the English

as multi-professional clinical leadership groups from April 2013 onward to "help

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s (CCGs),

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s (HWBs) and the NHS

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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

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based upon geographical areas of major patient flows into tertiary centres, as determined by 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 and NHS Manager who is the Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. He was previously the Chief Executive of the National Health Service in England. He was appointed in October ...

, Chief Executive of

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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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Clinical Senates
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