Senate Recommendations
South West Clinical Senate. Biosimilar Medicines (Dec 2017)
To what extent and how should the transition to use of biosimilar medicines be prioritised to enable the provision of best value care in the NHS? Does the Clinical Senate…
Read MoreSouth West Clinical Senate. Principles for Reconfiguration: Advice for STPs (Oct 2017)
As Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) continue to develop across the South West, the Clinical Senate is increasingly being asked to provide both early independent clinical advice and formal independent…
Read MoreSouth West Clinical Senate. Tobacco Prevention in the South West (Sept 2017)
Deliberation about he most effective methods for delivering smoking/tobacco prevention in the South West and how could the health community be used to support this? Defining a smoke free NHS.…
Read MoreSouth West Clinical Senate. Considering weight loss and smoking cessation criteria to improve surgical outcomes (May 2017)
Deliberation and recommendations around the subject: How best can weight loss and smoking cessation be encouraged through criteria for fitness for surgery and what is the evidence base for improved…
Read MoreSouth West Clinical Senate. Emergency General Surgery – A review of Acute Trusts in the South West (Feb 2017)
Emergency General Surgery (EGS) represents the largest number of surgical admissions in UK hospitals and accounts for a high number of complications, resulting in long periods of care and a…
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