Jackie Doyle-Price: In 2016/17 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and NHS England’s specialised commissioning spend on mental health increased to £11.6 billion from the previous year (7.3% increase for CCGs and specialised commissioning, 8.2% for CCGs). Planned spend for CCGs and NHS England specialised commissioning is £11.8 billion in 2017/18 (2.3% increase for CCGs and Specialised, 2.7% for CCGs) and...
Anna Soubry: The National Health Service Act 2006 as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 allows for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to cooperate, delegate and share some of their commissioning functions with other groups by entering into joint or lead commissioning arrangements. NHS England is responsible for supporting CCGs and holding them to account for improving patient outcomes. It...
Nicola Blackwood: The planned and budgeted spend for mental health is given below: 2014/15 planned spend £7.89 billion Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), £1.79 billion specialised services, £9.68 billion total. 2014/15 actual spend £8.29 billion CCGs, £1.80 billion specialised services, £10.09 billion total. 2015/16 planned spend £8.67 billion CCGs, £1.86 billion specialised services, £10.53...
Steve Brine: There are two Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCG IAF) indicators on which CCGs are given a Red, Amber or Green rating. Ratings are combined to give an overall diabetes rating for individual CCGs. The indicators are as follows: - Diabetes patients that have achieved all the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended treatment...
David Mowat: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory duty to meet the reasonable health requirements of their local population. As part of their duty to seek continuous improvement in the quality of services they commission, CCGs must act with a view to securing continuous improvement in the outcomes. Information on CCGs’ commissioning policies for smoking cessation services for patients...
Steve Brine: NHS England has an ongoing relationship with all the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Staffordshire. With the agreement of NHS England, the Staffordshire CCGs have agreed to the appointment of a joint Accountable Officer (AO), shared by all the CCGs. On 25 October, it was announced that, following a competitive interview process, Marcus Warnes has been appointed to this post. He is...
Daniel Poulter: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning many health care services, including infertility services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local people and are value for money. To support CCGs in their commissioning of infertility services, NHS...
Steve Brine: NHS England has a key role to ensure that clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) deliver the best possible services and outcomes for patients within their financial allocation. In March 2016, NHS England introduced the Improvement and Assessment Framework for CCGs (CCG IAF), which sets out that CCGs will be assessed against health outcomes and care quality. In the GP Forward View, we...
Steve Brine: In keeping with the National Health Service Operational Planning and Contract Guidance 2016, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have put in place plans to ensure full national coverage by March 2019. Data is not available for March and October 2017 yet, however, planned rollout trajectory from the initial CCG plans collated at the beginning of the year is detailed below. This is split...
Jackie Doyle-Price: Information about individual clinical commissioning groups’ (CCGs) local commissioning approach to fertility services has never been collected by the Department. NHS England is the national body which has oversight of the functions of the National Health Service commissioning system in England. It is for NHS England to consider what data is necessary for it to undertake this role most...
Anna Soubry: From April 2013, clinical commissioning groups, (CCGs) will assume statutory responsibility for commissioning the majority of health care services. The NHS Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, places strong duties on CCGs to ensure the involvement of public and patients in the commissioning of services. It will be for the NHS Commissioning Board to support CCGs and...
Norman Lamb: ...Act 2006 in two ways. First, it will allow clinical commissioning groups to form a joint committee when exercising their commissioning functions jointly. The 2006 Act already allows two or more CCGs to exercise their commissioning functions jointly, but makes no provision for them to do so via a joint committee. Secondly, it will allow CCGs to exercise their commissioning functions jointly...
Jackie Doyle-Price: ...subject matter. However, the national stakeholder organisation, Fertility Fairness, undertakes an annual survey using Freedom of Information requests directly from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Information collected for 2016/17 shows that 18 CCGs offer three cycles of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), in line with the current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)...
Steve Brine: NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Total annual budgets given to CCGs cover the majority of NHS spending including admin expenditure. CCGs have a statutory duty to commission high-quality care that is cost-effective. It is the responsibility of CCGs, and NHS England, to ensure that commissioning is...
Jackie Doyle-Price: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are required to achieve the Mental Health Investment Standard to demonstrate they have increased their spending on mental health in line with the growth in their overall allocation. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard shows which CCGs achieved the standard and which did not at the following link:...
Earl Howe: A total of 211 aspiring clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have applied to the NHS Commissioning Board (the board) for authorisation. The board is authorising CCGs in four waves. Thirty-four CCGs were authorised and established in the first wave in December 2012, and 67 have been authorised and established in the second wave in January. The remaining 110 aspiring CCGs are preparing for...
Steve Brine: The Department does not issue guidance to hospitals or clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on the criteria for access to particular clinical services. NHS England provides guidance to CCGs which are primarily responsible for commissioning services to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the...
Jane Ellison: The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Outcomes Indicator Set provides clear, comparative information for CCGs, Health and Wellbeing Boards, local authorities, patients and the public about the quality of health services commissioned by CCGs and the associated health outcomes. Through publicly sharing this information, CCGs and general practitioner practices can see where they stand in...
David Mowat: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are independent statutory bodies set out in statute, and as such are responsible for recruiting and selecting their leadership team. The appointment of Accountable Officers by CCGs requires authorisation by NHS England. If as suggested the CCGs seek to create a joint management team with a single Accountable Officer shared across two or three CCGs, this...
Norman Lamb: .... NHS England is undertaking a range of initiatives to help reduce increase dementia diagnosis rates and reduce variation including: Monthly Letters to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs): the National Clinical Director for dementia is writing to CCGs on a monthly basis to update them on their latest dementia diagnosis rates. This information shows how each CCG is performing...
