Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the National Clinical Director for Mental Health has in the overview, scrutiny and implementation of sustainability and transformation plans.
NHS England's National Clinical Director for Mental Health and her team conduct regular assessments of the clinical aspects of delivery within Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), alongside policy experts for specific areas of the STPs’ plans. This ensures national senior clinical engagement to support quality improvement across the STPs.