Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the Staffordshire Distressed Health Economy report by KPMG that there is an "oppressive culture" across Staffordshire with a system in "perpetual crisis mode".
Leadership and collaborative working relationships are critical factors in securing sustainable services in any local health economy. The Commissioning Congress has been set up to bring together both clinical commissioning groups and local authority commissioners. The Congress will engage with local providers in developing plans to secure clinically and financially sustainable services in the long term. The priority for all involved is ensuring a viable set of services which will be both clinically and financially sustainable in the future.