Clinical Commissioning Groups

(asked on 27th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups have (a) met, (b) exceeded and (c) failed to meet the requirement in part 9(45)(3) of the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 that at the end of each data collection period not less than 92 per cent of the persons falling within paragraph 4 have been waiting to commence treatment for less than 18 weeks in the last three years for which figures are available.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 16th April 2018

The Government has made clear to NHS England and to Parliament that the Referral to Treatment (RTT) standard, as described in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015, is nothing less than the statutory standard.

The 2018-19 Government mandate to NHS England continues the multi-year approach which carries forward the same overarching objectives to 2020 with only one significant change (the role of NHS England to support the Government to make a success of European Union exit in regards to health and care). This will provide stability for NHS England and the wider NHS to focus on improving performance surrounding core patient access standards including RTT.

RTT data is published by NHS England monthly, by clinical commissioning group. This data can be found for the last three years at the following links, by selecting the ‘Incomplete Commissioner’ data set for each month.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2017-18/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2016-17/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2015-16/

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