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<p>For Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to be successful they will need to work in partnership
with local people and the communities they serve. NHS England does have a statutory
duty to undertake an annual assessment of clinical commissioning groups’ (CCGs) performance,
as part of the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework (IAF). One of the indicators
assessed is patient and community engagement. All NHS service providers, including
general practitioner practices, have legal duties to engage with local authority health
scrutiny about changes which may be considered substantial. These duties which currently
apply to NHS service providers and commissioners around engagement and consultation
will continue to be valid.</p><p>Further information on the IAF is available on the
NHS England website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/regulation/ccg-assess/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/regulation/ccg-assess/</a></p><p>Results
from the assessments are published on ‘MyNHS’ at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/performance-indicators/organisations/ccg-year-end-2015-assurance-assessment"
target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/performance-indicators/organisations/ccg-year-end-2015-assurance-assessment</a></p><p>The
assessments made are in line with the document ‘Patient and public participation in
commissioning health and care: statutory guidance for CCGs and NHS England’, which
is at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/patient-and-public-participation-in-commissioning-health-and-care-statutory-guidance-for-ccgs-and-nhs-england/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/patient-and-public-participation-in-commissioning-health-and-care-statutory-guidance-for-ccgs-and-nhs-england/</a></p><p>
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