Consultation on Specialised Services clinical commissioning policies and service specifications
NHS England has today (04 March 2016) launched a 30 day public consultation on a number of proposed new products for specialised services, (including service specifications and clinical commissioning policies).
There has already been extensive engagement on these national specifications and policies. They have been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and tested with stakeholders. This approach has helped ensure that the views of key stakeholders have informed and influenced the development of the specifications and policies to date.
Please note this is one of several public consultations on a proposed new draft products for specialised services. We now wish to test them further with wider stakeholders through public consultation.
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As a pensioner who resides in West Yorkshire, I am concerned regarding information I have read in the Daily Mail of proposals to no longer supply hearing aids. There is the possibility of patients having to pay for their own at a cost of £2,000 each. How the CCG s expect people to find this kind of money when on reduced incomes is alarming.
I have been wearing hearing aids for 13 years and without them my day to day life would be badly affected. These aids have to be checked periodically and at some point replaced so i M assuming charges would be made for this service too.