Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role local authorities will play in the development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans other than through membership of Health and Wellbeing Boards.

The NHS Planning Guidance, published in December 2015, explained that the success of Sustainability and Transformation Plans will depend on having an open, engaging, and iterative process that harnesses the energies of clinicians, patients, carers, citizens, local authorities, health and wellbeing boards, and local community partners. Local authorities should be fully engaged in the development of all Sustainability and Transformation Plans. In some cases, local National Health Service organisations have agreed with local authorities that a senior council leader will lead the Sustainability and Transformation Plan for their area.