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(asked on 14th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning policies are being considered by (a) clinical reference groups, (b) Programme of Care Boards, (c) the Rare Disease Advisory Group, (d) the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group, (e) the Directly Commissioned Services Committee and (f) the NHS England Board.


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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 21st July 2014

NHS England has published 53 clinical commissioning policies since April 2014. A further 4 are currently out to public consultation which will close on 17 September 2014.

NHS England has advised that 65 clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by clinical reference groups, and Programme of Care Boards.

Clinical commissioning policies will be submitted to the Rare Disease Advisory Group and Clinical Priorities Advisory Group during August for consideration at their next meeting later in the year.

No clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by the Directly Commissioned Services Committee and the NHS England Board.

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