Helen Whately: ...topics. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. Services for dementia are the responsibility of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). However, NHS England would expect CCGs to commission services based on local population needs and taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
Justin Madders: ...tracking where the money is distributed within an ICS, which you referred to earlier? You have already mentioned the Cheshire and Merseyside ICS, which my constituency falls within—what was 12 CCGs moved not so long ago into one massive beast, for want of a better description. If I wanted to hold someone to account on whether the money was distributed on a fair and equal basis consistent...
Edward Timpson: ...would have to be 63 seats, which is clearly unwieldy and unworkable. Specifically thinking about the organisations that you represent, when it comes to clinical representation, moving from the CCGs to the ICS, what do you think should be specified about clinical representation on these new ICBs?
...sector provision of care compared to the NHS, and in terms of the lack of clinical engagement that would ensue. Of course, we are getting rid of a whole tier of local commissioning organisations, CCGs, and moving them at a more distant level, called ICSs. We are very concerned about that. We are also concerned about some of the Secretary of State’s powers and the balance between...
Helen Whately: The Government expects clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to commission fertility services in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines, to ensure equitable access across England. We are aware that some individual CCGs set additional non-clinical criteria outside NICE’s fertility guidelines. We have undertaken an internal review of this issue...
Lucy Allan: ...ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent wisely, and that waste and bureaucracy are stripped out. We need to make clear that what we are approving today is no blank cheque and that we expect trusts, CCGs and their management to work to put patient care and the patient experience first. That has been lacking. I know that from my experience and my constituents’ experience. They are so often...
Lord Bethell: My Lords, there are 303,900 full- time nurses in the NHS trusts and CCGs, an increase of more than 8,900 from June 2020, so the impression that the noble Lord is giving is not, I am afraid, entirely supported by the numbers. In terms of recruitment, 2021 saw a third consecutive year of growth in the number of applicants to nursing and midwifery courses, which again is very good news. As for...
Jo Churchill: There are no plans to increase funding for allergy services. Most allergy services are commissioned locally through clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs are allocated funding from NHS England and NHS Improvement calculated using the CCGs funding allocation formula.
...We have a clear accountability to Parliament through the Secretary of State in the current structure, and the Bill is not proposing that that will change. The other thing that we should say is that CCGs have a clear accountability to involve the public and patients in their decision making. Again, in the current proposals, that responsibility would transfer through to the new integrated...
Edward Argar: The Health and Care Bill proposes the establishment of integrated care boards (ICBs) which will take on the commissioning functions and responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as well as some of those held by NHS England. Once statutory ICBs are established, they will be responsible for arranging for the provision of emergency care for everyone for whom they are responsible....
Nadhim Zahawi: There are no plans to do so. Whilst it is encouraged that clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) do liaise with local leaders and hon. Members, CCGs are autonomous organisations. As such, there is no formal guidance on the level of interaction CCGs should have with hon. Members and this should be discussed at a local level.
Jo Churchill: Through its regional teams, NHS England and NHS Improvement work closely with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to ensure business continuity measures are in place in the event that a practice encounters an outbreak which may have an impact on service delivery. This includes ensuring access to an appointment with a health care professional, either face-to-face or remotely as appropriate,...
Edward Argar: Final data for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and National Health Service trusts’ deficits for the financial year 2020-21 is not yet available but will be published in due course in their local accounts. However, NHS England and NHS Improvement reported that they expect both CCGs and NHS providers to end 2020-21 with an aggregate surplus position across both sectors.
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle financial deficits accumulated by CCGs.
Sajid Javid: ...by the end of this Parliament and this pay award will help us to ensure we can continue to recruit and retain the nurses we need to reach this target. The number of NHS nurses currently employed in CCGs and NHS Trusts is at the highest recorded level in England, and the latest published NHS Digital provisional data for April 2021 shows 303,800 FTE nurses in NHS Trusts and CCG’s, almost...
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle financial deficits accumulated by CCGs.
Nadine Dorries: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a legal duty to have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines and are responsible for working with other local commissioners and organisations, including National Health Service trusts to make decisions about how best to meet the needs of their local populations. This includes NICE guideline...
Sadiq Khan: .... The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations about pathways of access to IVF treatment funded through the NHS. Individual NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) make the final decision about who can have NHS-funded IVF in their local area, and their criteria may be stricter than those recommended by NICE. While NHS trusts are working to provide the...
Edward Argar: ...why NHS England is beginning preparatory work, including publishing an ICS design framework. Further work, including on integrated care board design and consideration of appointments and staff from CCGs will take place, after Second Reading, of course; this is all subject to the passage of the Bill. Let me turn to some of the specific points raised by hon. and right hon. Members. The hon....
Helen Whately: ...Health and Care Excellence guidelines, so that there is equitable access across England. We are aware of some variations in access, and we are looking at how we can address that. Very specifically, CCGs should not be using criteria outside that NICE fertility guidance.
