What are the guiding principles?
It is important that whatever plans we make, are sustainable and effective both to the healthcare community itself and to our service users including staff, patients, carers, and the wider community. The NHS will use the Guiding Principles that we have developed with local communities and partner organisations to underpin decisions about future health services: This will ensure that our plans make sense clinically and make sense to the communities we serve. Making Sense Clinically: Health, Well Being and Equity Quality, Safety And Effectiveness Supporting and Developing the Workforce Making Sense to the Communities We Serve: Involving People in Making Decisions about their future Health Services Serve Affordable, Sustainable, Fit for Purpose Personalised Services and Access to Care, Closer to Home These overarching principles have been developed to evaluate and appraise any recommendations for improving and developing health and health services. For each of the two principles there are
