East Berkshire starts review seeking 'clinically sustainable' services

The programme, titled Shaping the Future for East Berkshire, involves the NHS Berkshire primary care trust cluster, clinical commissioning groups, and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust.

A statement to the board’s July meeting by the acute trust’s chair Christopher Langley said: “The programme reflects the fact that both the trust and the PCT have agreed to work in partnership to establish a financially and clinically sustainable model of care for East Berkshire which meets the needs of the local population by the end of 2013-14.”

The work is supported by a joint strategy board and a joint programme board, who began meeting in late June. The strategy would be a “key focus” for the three-year annual plan, submitted to Monitor last month, Mr Langley said.