The Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group (PPVAG) is an NHS England committee and is accountable to the NHS England Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group. PPVAG will help NHS England put the patient and carer perspective at the heart of commissioning, including working together on plans, advising, and offering constructive challenge. NHS England is seeking a […]
NHS England as the commissioner of specialised services is currently developing a five year vision and strategy for the commissioning of specialised services. We are keen to involve as many people as possible in this work and are doing this in a number of ways including a series of engagement events to develop the overarching […]
NHS England is recruiting additional patient and carer members to four of its influential Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs). An additional four representatives are being sought for each of the following CRGs: Congenital Heart Services CRG Neurosciences CRG Chemotherapy CRG PET-CT CRG The 75 specialised services CRGs are the primary source of clinical advice on the […]
NHS England today welcomes the publication by the Department of Health of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases. NHS England is now working with Rare Disease UK and the Specialised Healthcare Alliance to develop the Mission and Vision of the strategy for England. Input from stakeholders will be invited at scoping and engagement events throughout […]
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 […]