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Ensuring Sustainability of Maternity and Children's Services in the West Midlands

This paper forms part of the NHS West Midlands work on ensuring sustainability of maternity and

children’s services. It summarises the key issues of compliance and sustainability in the context

of the principles and recommendations of the SHA strategy Investing for Health. It aims to help

PCTs in finalising plans for the development of maternity and children’s services and to form the agenda

for the work of the new NHS West Midlands clinical leads for Maternity and Children’s services.

West Midlands Children's, Young People and Maternity Services Configuration Group - June 2009

The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2010/11

This document sets out the specific business and financial arrangements for the NHS during 2010/11.

The Operating Framework for 2010/11 describes the national priorities for the year and describes how

system levers and enablers will ensure that the momentum from High Quality Care for All can be

maintained despite a tighter economic climate through a process which focuses on quality,

innovation, productivity and prevention.

Department of Health - December 2009

Modelling the Future III

Safe and sustainable integrated health services for infants, children and young people  

Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health - December 2009

You're Welcome

Quality Criteria self-assessment toolkit

The You're Welcome quality criteria set out principles that will help health services (including non-NHS provision) become more appropriate to the needs of young people. The self-assessment toolkit will support local areas to interpret and apply the criteria consistently. Services can use the tool to rate their level of achievement of the criteria, record evidence, action plan and review progress.

Department of Health - April 2009

Healthy lives, brighter futures

The strategy for children and young people's health

Department for children, schools and families and Department of Health - February 2009

Teams Without Walls

The Value of Medical Innovation and Leadership

Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners and Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health - 2008

Evidence for Transforming Community Services

Services for Children & Families

Rapid evidence review, document provides a summary of interventions which are not widespread in the NHS and which have the potential to transform community services

University of Birmingham - January 2009

Supporting Paediatric Configuration

A Framework for Standards

Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health - July 2008