Consultation timetable and flow chart
The timetable for consultation is as follows:
ACTIVITY
TIMELINE
Formal consultation begins
26 September 2016
Consultation activities including public
meetings, stakeholder meetings, deliberative
events, health scrutiny committee meetings,
local authority meetings, chatty van tour etc.
Ongoing 26 September to 19
December
Independent analysis of early consultation
responses begins
November 2017
Formal consultation ends
19 December 2016
Independent analysis of consultation responses
completed
Target: Mid-February 2017
Decision making process involving NHS
organisations
Target: Spring 2017
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The flow chart of consultation and decision making is as follows:
Independent
expert clinical
advice
Staff & public
engagement
Clinically-led
work groups
EMERGING THINKING
DEVELOPMENT OF CONSULTATION OPTIONS
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Independent analysis of consultation responses and
completion of formal analysis report
Period of reflection and deliberation by NHS Cumbria CCG, NHS
Northern England Clinical Senate and local NHS Trusts including
consideration of the independent analysis report, earlier
engagement responses and expert clinical advice.
Formal decision making by NHS Cumbria CCG with
assurance provided by NHS England
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