Lord Kamall: No specific assessment has been made. Allergy services in England are currently commissioned through clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), considering the needs of the local population. A small number of specialist allergy services for patients with rare and complex conditions are commissioned by NHS England’s specialised commissioning. Its service specification states that centres should...
Maggie Throup: The information requested is not held centrally. Contracting and funding abortion services and assurance of spend is a matter for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). It is for CCGs to take appropriate steps to ensure the costs of abortion services provided through the National Health Service by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service are an accurate reflection of the costs involved.
Stuart Andrew: I completely agree with my hon. Friend. Councils, health bodies and everybody else need to get much better at this. Local planning authorities and CCGs should work together to provide the planned provision. Under our new levy, councils will be able to borrow against future levy receipts to forward-fund the infrastructure that is needed. I am arranging meetings with colleagues in the...
Edward Argar: ...information and proposes three bands of payment for Chief Officers. The following table shows the three suggested pay ranges, based on the population sizes of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCG level Population size Pay range Level 3 500,000 and over £120,000 to £130,000 Level 2 150,000 to 499,000 £105,000 to £120,000 Level 1 149,000 and below £90,000 to £105,000
Lord Kamall: ...carers states that clinicians should consider FDG-PET and CSF tests when the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is uncertain. A copy of the guideline is attached. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) commission the appropriate resources, including such testing, in line with local population health needs. To address dementia waiting lists and increase the number of diagnoses, NHS England...
Andrew Selous: ...groups are not offering alternative services. We are talking about people with dementia or receiving end-of-life care who literally cannot hear and are going deaf. The Minister must be direct with CCGs on this issue.
Caroline Dinenage: Surely one of the cruellest health inequalities is in fertility treatment. Of the 106 CCGs in the country, only six limit the age at which women can have in vitro fertilisation treatment to 35, and two of those are in Hampshire. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how we can end that most devastating of postcode lotteries?
Gillian Keegan: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for planning and providing services locally and decisions to increase funding for Tourette’s syndrome services would be made by CCGs subject to local prioritisation. The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). While it is not usual practice to ring-fence...
Lord Kamall: ...that we have record numbers of staff working in the NHS and we are committed to continue to grow and invest in the workforce. This year, we have seen record numbers of staff in NHS trusts and CCGs, including doctors and nurses. The monthly workforce statistics for December show that there are more than 1.2 million full-time equivalents. These workforce numbers come on the back of our...
David Johnston: ...is also down to councils and what they do with the section 106 money and community infrastructure levy that they are given. It is also down to the developers and the promises they make, the CCGs and how they plan for things, and the national planning bodies such as NHS England and Health Education England. Part of the problem is that there is no directly responsible body that can ensure...
Gillian Keegan: ...to hospices to increase additional capacity and enable patients to be discharged from hospitals. Palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) services are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which are responsible for planning and commissioning of high-quality, cost-effective services that meet the needs of the local population. NHS England and NHS Improvement have developed...
Lord Kamall: No specific assessment has been made. Palliative and end of life care services are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which are responsible for planning and commissioning high-quality, cost-effective services to meet the needs of local populations. Most hospices are independent, charitable organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing these services....
Edward Argar: ...prescribing in England. This is detailed in the joint NHS England and NHS Improvement and National Health Service clinical commissioners’ guidance issued in 2019 to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), for medicines with low clinical effectiveness, where there is a lack of robust evidence of clinical effectiveness or there are significant safety concerns. In the case of co-proxamol,...
Munira Wilson: ...expenditure has met the aims of the NHS long-term plan. That is an important requirement to ensure the mental health investment standard is met. The standard is the Government’s tool to ensure CCGs increase how much they spend on mental health every year and, in particular, on children and young people’s mental health. Reporting on that standard has been of variable quality in recent...
Baroness Brinton: ...Bill, what role will they have in ensuring the compliance of public bodies with the guidance? Will that be solely for people with Down syndrome, especially in the light of the past practices of CCGs, which I have outlined? I will make a brief point on the proposed guidance. As my noble friend Lady Jolly said, will Ministers ensure that the principles of “No decision about us without...
Edward Argar: NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff employed by local authorities or non-National Health Service providers. The publication also includes nurses working in general practice settings. This data is sourced from the Electronic Staff Record,...
Lord Kamall: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for services and support for people with dementia. We would expect CCGs to commission services which take into account the relevant guidance, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines and the dementia care pathway, which provides standards to improve the delivery and quality of care. Following a dementia...
Gillian Keegan: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning local services. NHS England and NHS Improvement expect CCGs to ensure that the provision of palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) services, including children’s and adult’s hospice provision, effectively meets the needs of the local population and ensures high quality personalised care. NHS England is increasing...
Edward Argar: ...and Social Care 171.6 NHS England - Statutory Entity1 13.6 NHS England - Group2 51.6 Notes: 1Includes expenditure by commissioning support units but excludes clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). 2Expenditure for NHS England Group including commissioning support units and CCGs. 3The definition for consultancy is in line with HM Treasury guidance.
Edward Argar: ...on the issue and drawing to public attention the challenges faced by my hon. Friend’s constituents and others in Sussex. It is rightly the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups—CCGs—or what will soon become integrated care boards and trusts, to plan for reconfigurations of NHS services. It is important that any such plan commands local legitimacy and confidence. I will...
