STPs: what do they mean for Respiratory Care?
The development of the 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) at the end of last year was a direct response to help us deliver the NHS Five Year Forward View in a population and system wide approach. They also reflect the times we are living in and the enormous financial and operational challenges that the NHS and social care face. The emerging theme amongst the majority of STPs in that there is a need to tackle variation in the delivery of acute services, to redes
