STPs

• Health funding wasted on short-term bailouts, watchdog warns

  Extra health and social care funding is being used to deal with short-term pressures rather than long-term transformation, says the National Audit Office (NAO).

  

• Councillors lack confidence in health reforms

  More than three-quarters of councillor are not confident that the redesign of health and care services will success, a new poll has revealed.

  

• STPs offer ‘business as usual’ rather than transformation, experts warn

  Plans to overhaul health care at the local level have resulted in many ‘business as usual’ propositions rather than transformational ideas, report says.

  

• Labour to halt 'chaotic' STPs

  Labour would ‘immediately halt the Tories’ chaotic’ sustainability and transformation plan (STP) programme if elected, the party has pledged.

  

• STPs can improve flow of money and people argues report

  Controversial plans to reform healthcare services have the potential to help NHS and council leaders work together, a think-tank has insisted today.