1 July 2022

Clinical professional leadership

The national guidance ‘Building strong integrated care systems everywhere:ICS implementation guidance on effective clinical and professional leadership‘ identifies two expectations and five core principles for effective clinical and professional leadership. ​ System leaders are harnessing this opportunity…

1 July 2022

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1 July 2022

About your NHS Integrated Care Board

ICBs bring health and care organisations together in a new way with a greater emphasis on collaboration and shared responsibility for the health of the local population. They present a…

1 July 2022

Our publications and policies

Search for documents Find by title or description… Search in Document title and description Document contents, title and description Search Reset Download selected Archive Publications Folder 2019 listening exercise  (8)…

1 July 2022

Greener NHS

Aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan and wider system priorities across local areas, the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Green Plan 2025-28 is a high-level strategic document that is intended as…

1 July 2022

Review of maternity services, 2023

Review of maternity services, 2023  During 2023, we reviewed our maternity services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, with a particular focus on the future of our birthing services at the freestanding midwife-led…

1 July 2022

Maternal mental health services

Developing maternal mental health services for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partners of Together We’re Better are developing a new service to help local families that have suffered through birth trauma, loss,…

1 July 2022

Clinical Policy Alignment (formerly Difficult Decisions)

In January 2020, the six NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) began the first phase of involvement about five areas of care: Assisted conception Hearing aids for non-complex…

1 July 2022

About transformation and our journey

We know we need to think differently, be innovative, and work together to change health and care services so that Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent can become the healthiest places to live…

1 July 2022

NHS 111

NHS 111 Online can help if you have an urgent medical problem and you’re not sure what to do. Visit online at https://111.nhs.uk/ or call 111. Alternatively, download the NHS…

1 July 2022

People and communities assembly

We recognise that our local people and communities need to be at the heart of everything that we do, informing all of our plans and priorities. As such, we have…

1 July 2022

Consultation and engagement

Consultation and engagement is a two-way conversation that allows the public, patients, voluntary and community sectors a realistic and timely opportunity to understand proposals, ideas, thinking and plans in their…

1 July 2022

ICB Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB)

The Health and Care Act 2022 sets out plans to put Integrated Care Systems (ICS) on a statutory footing, empowering them to better join up health and care services, improve…

1 July 2022

ICB accessibility and communications statement

We want to produce and share information in a way that is accessible to a range of individual needs, and remove barriers to people accessing our information, services, premises, any…

1 July 2022

Continuous Quality Improvement

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in our Integrated Care System (ICS) is the umbrella approach to improvement that unites partners under a set of common improvement principles and priorities. Our shared…

1 July 2022

Our partners

The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent region operates as an Integrated Care System (ICS), where NHS organisations, local councils and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations work in partnership. Member organisations of the Staffordshire…

1 July 2022

Our people

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is a great place to live and work. It is a thriving, diverse county with a proud history, famous attractions, areas of natural beauty and a passion…

1 July 2022

Staff psychological wellbeing hub

Referrals into the Staff Psychological Wellbeing Hub closed after Friday 9 January 2026. Temporary funding from within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent care system meant this service was able to continue…

1 July 2022

NHS long term plan

As medicine advances, health needs change and society develops, the NHS has to continually move forward so that in 10 years time we have a service fit for the future.…

1 July 2022

CCG archives

This page will be populated with content after the launch of the ICB on Friday 01 July and the CCGs have been abolished. The six Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCG websites…

1 July 2022

Place

This page is in development. Please check back later.

1 July 2022

Patient advice and liaison service / complaints

There is currently unprecedented demand on our Patient Services Team (PALS & Complaints). All telephone calls are being diverted to our answering service for callers to leave a message.  Calls…

1 July 2022

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a right of access to a wide range of information held by public authorities, including the NHS.  The purpose is to promote greater…

1 July 2022

Subject Access Requests

Whilst we do process limited patient data for the purpose of complaints, subject access requests and freedom of information requests, we do not hold medical records. We may collect and…

1 July 2022

Media enquiries

For media enquiries, you can phone our media team on 0333 150 1602 or email mediacsu@nhs.net If you have a query on the COVID-19 vaccination programme or a specific patient…

1 July 2022

Individual Funding Requests

Can I get the treatment I need? Each Integrated Care Board (ICB) is allocated a fixed amount of money for the healthcare needs of its local population. The ICB follows…

1 July 2022

News and events

1 July 2022

Digital and Data

Our Digital Vision We will use technology and data to make healthcare easier to access and more efficient for patients and healthcare workers in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Our Priorities Underpinning…

1 July 2022

System recovery

The evolution of the system financial strategy Through a series of workshops in early 2021, the system partners came together to build on the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) financial…

1 July 2022

Community Diagnostic Centres

In summer 2021, we started a conversation about how we could improve diagnostic services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Currently, most diagnostic services (tests to work out what is causing a…

1 July 2022

Governance

Governance describes the systems, structure and processes for decision making, accountability, control and behaviour within an organisation Governance regulates the power and decision making of a small group of people…