• Programme Initiation Document.
• Outline business case or similar.
• The case for change.**
• Agendas and minutes of significant meetings of clinicians and with the public.**
• Presentations of the project team outlining the reconfiguration.
• If not contained within the above, a description of the health needs assessment of the population involved (demographics, significant health problems of the population, case mix attending local health services).**
• Current activity and resources (including bed numbers) of the health services involved.
• Performance data to include patient activity and flows, bed occupancy and average length of stay, clinical governance information such as SUIs, relevant patient outcomes, clinical and patient related, operative complications, etc.**
• Workforce to include present workforce, medical, nursing, therapies, etc. on a specialty basis and where relevant workforce related to activity and beds, numbers of grades and trainees, evidence of educational assessments, deanery and nursing college reports**
• Description of ancillary and supportive services, e.g. critical care for all acute services, neonatal services for maternity services.
• The options for change describing clearly the as is position and the changes envisaged with impact on beds, workforce, etc.**
• Plans for public consultation with draft public consultation document.
• Previous service assessments, either from specialist societies, previous NCAT visits, CQC reports, Gateway and Monitor reports.

**essential documents.