Changes to South West London NHS

News - 1 March 2017

Across south west London, commissioners have to save an additional £900 million to meet NHS budgets.

The Sustainability Transformation Plan (STP) affects residents from the whole area, including Richmond, and features work to dramatically reduce the demand on acute hospital care - A&E, intensive care and specialist services - by expanding local community-based services.

Commissioners have said that some types of care, from the area's five acute hospital sites (which are St Georges, Kingston, Croydon, St Helier and Epsom), could be better delivered out of hospital and more local to the patient.

They also plan to better join mental and physical health, and improve the efficiency of outpatient follow-ups, among other large changes. 

The Five Year Forward Plan details the plans for South West London. 

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Read the report on the Five Year Forward Plan. 

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