NHS England has announced the list of provider hospitals chosen to take part in a new £4.8 million initiative, aimed at increasing access to specialist radiotherapy services. The 10 centres will provide Selective Internal Radiotherapy (SIRT) to around 220 patients a year as part of a time-limited programme called ‘Commissioning through Evaluation’. The successful centres […]
NHS England is inviting individuals and organisations to provide written submissions to help inform the development of its five-year strategy for specialised services. The development of the strategy is one of a number of workstreams supporting the Call to Action, which was launched in July 2013, opening a public debate about the future shape of […]
Patients, clinicians and other key stakeholders are being encouraged to give their views on the future of specialised health services, and how they are to be provided by the NHS over the next five years. NHS England is inviting patients, patient groups, commissioners, clinicians and others to a special event in December as part of […]
NHS England has today published details of its commissioning intentions for specialised services for 2014/15 and 2015/16. The document, Prescribed Specialised Services Commissioning Intentions 2014/15-2015/16, serves as notice to all providers of specialised services in England, and will be supported by other, more technical guidance, which will outline clearly which specialised services will be commissioned […]
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust have published details of their outline business cases (OBC’s), supporting the development of a proton beam therapy service for the UK. HM Treasury gave approval to the trusts’ OBCs in July this year, which enabled the hospitals to launch the procurement of […]
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 […]
NHS England launched the recruitment for Chair positions for both its Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (CPAG) and Rare Diseases Advisory Group (RDAG) on 6 September 2013. The deadline for applicants has been extended to 9am on 7 October 2013. CPAG is responsible for making recommendations regarding those services which NHS England is directly responsible for […]
NHS England is pleased to announce the recruitment of four respective patient and public voice (PPV) representatives to its Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (CPAG) and Rare Disease Advisory Group (RDAG). Susie Gear, Alistair Kent, Nick Sireau and Christine Collins will join RDAG with Linn Phipps, Sally Brearley, Madeline Wang, Barry Silverman joining CPAG. All representatives […]
NHS England has today published the following clinical commissioning policies and policy statements, in support of its role as the direct commissioner of specialised services: D05/P/f Clinical commissioning policy: Stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy for glomus tumours D05/P/g Clinical commissioning policy: Radiosurgery/radiotherapy for cavernous venous malformations D05/PS/a Clinical commissioning policy statement: Stereotactic radiosurgery, radiotherapy for ocular melanoma and […]
NHS England has launched the recruitment for Chair positions for both its Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (CPAG) and its Rare Diseases Advisory Group (RDAG). CPAG is responsible for making recommendations regarding those services which NHS England is directly responsible for commissioning, whilst RDAG will make recommendations about which highly specialised services or technologies should be […]