Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they use to measure the success of NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans.

In order to be successful in transforming their local health and care system, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) will need to demonstrate strong leadership, local engagement, an ambitious vision and a plan for financial sustainability.

Over time STPs will be monitored on improvements in the quality of their local health services. Most importantly, through the work they are doing as a system, STPs will need to demonstrate a step change in patient outcomes in areas that have been identified a priority for the National Health Service such as mental health, cancer and primary care.