Clinical Commissioning Groups: Staffordshire

(asked on 28th May 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Staffordshire Distressed Health Economy report by KPMG, what assessment they have made of whether NHS England has appropriately held the six Clinical Commissioning Groups in Staffordshire to account for their performance.


This question was answered on 9th June 2015

NHS England has identified the Staffordshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as high risk, and as such is monitoring their performance on a monthly basis with a full quarterly review of finance and performance. NHS England increases the intensity of performance reviews where there are significant shortfalls. This includes weekly meetings with CCGs where appropriate.

Collaborative working relationships are a critical factor in securing sustainable services in any local health economy. The Commissioning Congress has been set up in Staffordshire to bring together both CCGs and local authority commissioners. The Congress will lead the Transformation Strategy which will drive the service redesign of the Staffordshire Health and Social Care economy to secure financial and clinically sustainable services in the long term. The Congress will engage with local providers in developing these plans to ensure that there is a single five-year plan for the local health economy. This work will lead to a full public consultation on those services during the autumn of 2015.

The Congress brings together the combined skills, knowledge and expertise of commissioners to work the provider sector on defining the range, scale and scope of services changes to ensure Staffordshire is both clinically and financially sustainable in the long term.

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