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<p>NHS England has advised that there have been no changes to the scope of specialised
services directly commissioned by NHS England in 2014/15, in order to provide a period
of stability following the major changes in 2013/14. There has therefore, been no
transfer of resources to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in 2014/15, for any
changes in commissioning responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Manual for Prescribed
Specialised Services 2013/14 </em>describes the prescribed specialised services and
sets out which elements of services are commissioned directly by NHS England, and
which elements are commissioned by CCGs.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Prescribed Specialised
Services Commissioning Intentions 2014-15 and 2015-16 </em>document sets out the firm
plans for 2014/15 and the direction for 2015/16. There will be a new set of commissioning
intentions for 2015/16 to take account of the new environment and to firm up the plans
for next year.</p><p> </p><p>The development of the commissioning intentions for 2015/16
is included in the work of the specialised commissioning taskforce and will be progressed
over the next few months ready for publication in the autumn. The taskforce work streams
also include actions relating to the future portfolio of services to be commissioned
by NHS England and CCGs, and possible future commissioning models. This work will
be further progressed over the summer and will inform the 2015/16 commissioning intentions.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England advise that it is yet to be determined whether or not there will
be changes to the scope of specialised services directly commissioned by NHS England
in 2015/16 or whether any additional resources will be transferred between NHS England
and CCGs.</p><p> </p>
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