Cancer
Health
Adrian Sanders (Torbay, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what funds his Department has allocated to the work led by the Health and Social Care Information Centre on the development of one and five-year cancer survival rate indicators for inclusion in the commissioning outcomes framework;
(2) when he plans to publish a public consultation on the commissioning outcomes framework indicators;
(3) whether third sector organisations will be able to engage with the Health and Social Care Information Centre on the development of one and five-year cancer survival rate indicators for inclusion in the commissioning outcomes framework.
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk, Liberal Democrat)
It is for the NHS Commissioning Board to decide on the content of the commissioning outcomes framework. The NHS Commissioning Board Authority is currently undertaking discussions with national stakeholder organisations, including third sector organisations, to discuss the shape of the commissioning outcomes framework for 2013-14 and beyond.
Funding for the development of potential measures for the commissioning outcomes framework is subsumed within the Health and Social Care Information Centre's baseline.