South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

implemented at an Integrated Care System level. Across South West London we are implementing a networked approach – centralised where necessary and local where possible. This aims to achieve all the benefits of a single South West London wide service, with local delivery where appropriate for patients also accessing local primary care, social prescribing, IAPT and social care support. At a Sutton level, acute hospitals, community services and GPs are working to identify how we are going to deliver the most effective and accessible post-Covid service for local people. We have begun mapping the services which are in place across all providers (including voluntary sector services) and identifying if and where there are gaps so that we can develop business cases and apply for funding to fill gaps. We are engaging with colleagues in IAPT, social care, public health and the voluntary sector to develop our model, which is likely to include a single point of access into services. This will be supported with a public facing communications and engagement plan. Improving Healthcare Together In 2017, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) published a strategic outline case to address the challenges facing both Epsom and St Helier hospitals, relating to concerns around clinical sustainability, financial sustainability and the suitability of their estates. Following this, in 2018, the Improving Healthcare Together (IHT) programme was launched by Surrey Downs, Sutton and Merton Clinical Commissioning Groups (the CCGs) – who were responsible for planning the majority of NHS hospital and community services for local people. The aim of the IHT programme was to determine the potential solutions to the challenges at ESTH for the combined geographies of the CCGs. In January 2020, the IHT programme launched a 12-week public consultation to ask the public for their views on three options to invest £500 million of national funding to build a new specialist emergency care hospital – on the Epsom, St Helier or Sutton hospital sites. During the consultation, supported by our borough communications and engagement teams, stakeholders, residents living locally and in neighbouring areas were invited to provide feedback through a wide range of methods, which included a range of activities including listening events, focus groups, community outreach and telephone surveys – these can be seen below together with the level of response. 60 | NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group