CCGs have expressed the need for support in the decision making process around whether to make, Share or Buy their commissioning support services. NHS England has responded to this through the creation of a Make, Share, Buy toolkit to enable CCGs to make informed decisions around what and from whom they access Commissioning Support. Through […]
A National Partnership Agreement between NHS England, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and Public Health England (PHE) has been developed. It sets out the shared strategic intent and joint commitment in the commissioning, enabling and delivery of healthcare services in adult prisons in England. It sets out: respective roles and objectives of each organisation […]
NHS England has today published an Interim Gender Protocol for the purpose of addressing the significant variations in equity of access currently experienced by patients using gender identity services across England. The protocol aims to achieve national consistency in the commissioning of these services, and is the culmination of extensive work to adapt the NHS […]
NHS England is committed to giving CCGs practical support in gathering data, evidence and tools to help them transform the way care is delivered for their patients and populations. Working with Public Health England and NHS Right Care, NHS England has provided every CCG with a comprehensive data pack to support effective ‘commissioning for value’. […]
NHS England will issue its planning guidance in December. However, there is lots of critical work that needs to happen before that. Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive, has written out to commissioners to highlight some of the challenges facing the NHS. The letter will help focus people’s attention and thinking regarding the crucial work that […]
NHS England is inviting specialist hospitals to take part in a new, innovative commissioning approach, aimed at increasing access to services or treatments which are not currently routinely funded by the NHS. The first treatment to benefit, as part of the Commissioning through Evaluation programme, will be Selective Internal Radiotherapy (SIRT), a form of radiotherapy […]
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 introduced significant amendments to the NHS Act 2006. This guidance supports two legal duties, requiring clinical commissioning groups and commissioners in NHS England to enable: patients and carers to participate in planning, managing and making decisions about their care and treatment through the services they commission the effective […]
Today (Monday 23September) marks the start of NHS England’s 6Cs Live! Commissioning Week of Action so we are calling all nurses, midwives and care staff delivering the 6Cs – care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment – to get involved. This is a great opportunity to learn, share and connect with others, such as through […]
NHS England is currently reviewing the local allocation of resources across the full range of its responsibilities, covering both allocations to CCGs and the budgets available for direct commissioning functions in area teams. As part of the review process, we will be holding four regional workshops for CCGs, CSUs, NHS England and other stakeholders to […]
New arrangements for providing high quality commissioning support services are being put in place across Surrey and Sussex following a process led by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to choose an alternative commissioning support provider. Three commissioning support units will be taking on the services for 9 CCGs: NHS Kent and Medway Commissioning Support Unit […]