Background

The Review of Children and Young People's Specialist Services (formerly Paediatric Tertiary Services workstream) was established as part of the Delivering for Health agenda. This has been subsumed into Better Health, Better Care with the Children and Young People's Health Support Group (CYPHSG) identified as the main advisory group co-ordinating the activity identified in the Best Possible Start section.

The Implementation Group (IG) has been established as a sub-group of the Children and Young People's Health Support Group. The IG will be expected to provide advice on the implementation of the National Delivery Plan (NDP) for Children and Young People's Specialist Services in Scotland.

Role and Remit

The IG will be expected to:

• Oversee the coordination of the process and proposals being developed for the implementation of the National Delivery Plan
• Develop a prioritisation process for the bids in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 including the development of an option appraisal framework against which bids are considered.
• Agree a process to identify and address those specialties not previously covered which require review.
• Ensure that outstanding work for specialties identified is completed against an agreed timescale.
• Ensure the outputs from the Directors of Planning review of the national planning arrangements within NHS Scotland are taken into account.
• Develop clear communication links with key stakeholders to ensure ownership and role of IG members.
• Consider how implementation of the NDP should be performance managed and benefits realisation assessed
• Provide timely feedback to the CYPHSG on implementation of the NDP.