Programmes and Capability
The Centre for Sustainable Delivery consists of a number of national programmes.
The Unscheduled Care, Endoscopy and Planned Care Programme teams transitioned from the Scottish Government to CfSD during the reporting year.
Modernising Patient Pathways (MPP) Programme
The MPP team support the delivery of improvements in planned care across NHS Scotland.
They support front line clinical teams to develop sustainable improvements in service delivery.
The team provide expertise in helping to redesign models of care, sharing best practice, and working to balance capacity with demand for services.
National Elective Coordination Unit (NECU)
The NECU team have developed a national elective co-ordination unit, which will help to reduce variation, and support improved access to care by providing a consistent approach to national demand and capacity assessment and allocation.
Unscheduled Care Programme
The National Unscheduled Care programme deliver implementation support, develop national tools, and manage system capacity and capability diagnostics in order to help Boards improve unscheduled care delivery.
Cancer Improvement and Earlier Diagnosis Programme
The Cancer Improvement and Earlier Diagnosis team drives NHS Scotland’s cancer strategic priorities.
They have a focus on developing and delivering best practice, and optimising diagnostic pathways across Scotland, and will play an integral role in delivering Scotland’s new 10-year cancer strategy.
National Endoscopy Programme
The National Endoscopy Programme helps support Boards in delivering the aims and objectives of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan.
Innovation Programme
The Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) Pathway is designed to identify and support national adoption of high-impact innovations at pace.
National Green Theatres Programme
The Green Theatres progress supports Health Boards to meet the net zero commitments for NHS Scotland through reducing the carbon footprint of theatres and deliver more environmentally sustainable surgery.
Planned Care Programme
The Planned Care team have a national remit to monitor planned care performance across NHS Scotland territorial Health Boards.
They also lead national programmes of work around Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology and Radiology to deliver transformational change and improvement.