Verum writes: Are NHS transformation plans just another harebrained scheme?

Having previously discussed Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) in this column, I have followed their progress locally and nationally. After all they are described as ‘the only show in town’ with regard to getting the National Health Service back on track and so we should all be taking a very active interest.

Having spoken to people from various areas, an STP strikes me as being like people’s view of Heaven, everyone would like to go there, it will be a good place to be, but no one really knows what it looks like. In fact if you ask two people from the same geographic area what the health landscape will look like post STP, more likely than not you will get two different answers.