Independent Reconfiguration Panel
February 1
10:23
2024
Details
The Department of Health and Social Care introduced a new process for ministerial intervention in the reconfiguration of NHS services from 31 January 2024.
The ways of working document for the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) sets out:
- the role and purpose of the IRP
- how the IRP provides formal advice to ministers
- informal advice available from the IRP for other parties
- transitional arrangements for local authority referrals prior to 31 January 2024