Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who was consulted during the development of NHS sustainability and transformation plans for (a) Haringey, (b) Enfield, (c) Barnet, (d) Camden, (e) Islington and (f) Hackney.

The five local authorities in North Central London (Haringey, Enfield, Barnet, Camden and Islington) are represented on the North Central London (NCL) Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) Transformation Board. The Board has overseen the development of the draft NCL STP which was submitted to NHS England on 21 October 2016.

The local authorities are represented on the Transformation Board by their chief executives (or nominees). In addition the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care for Enfield Council, the Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council and the joint Director of Public Health for Camden and Islington Councils also sit on the Transformation Board as professional leads within NCL. The Chief Executive of Camden Council is the overall Senior Responsible Officer for the STP on behalf of the five local authorities within NCL.

There has also been active local government input into the relevant workstreams within the STP such as prevention, care closer to home and workforce. These workstreams have developed the specific proposals which have been included within the overall draft STP.

Prior to submission of the draft STP, NCL STP ran public stakeholder engagement events in each of the boroughs in September 2016, with input from health and local government. These events were run in conjunction with the local Healthwatch organisations.