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<p>NHS England has recently established a Task and Finish group through the NHS Commissioning
Assembly. This group comprises representatives from clinical commissioning groups
(CCGs) and NHS England, and will oversee the development and delivery of proposals
for commissioning of specialised services in 2015-16 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Within this Task and Finish group, a sub-group will be responsible for planning
and managing the transition process for services that are being transferred from national
to CCG commissioning (including renal dialysis) from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>On 27 November 2014, the Department has issued a public consultation
on the arrangements for the transfer of commissioning responsibility from NHS England
to CCGs for renal dialysis and morbid obesity surgery services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The consultation seeks views on what type of support CCGs will need from NHS
England to be able to commission renal dialysis and morbid obesity surgery services
effectively and whether, if all this support can be put in place, the timing of the
transfer is right.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results of the consultation will
be used to inform the decisions on when and how to transfer the commissioning responsibility
for renal dialysis and morbid obesity surgery services to CCGs, and the work of the
NHS England Task and Finish group. The consultation will close on 9 January 2015.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to issuing commissioning guidance
for the safe transfer of renal dialysis services from national NHS England responsibility
to local CCG responsibility.</p><p> </p>
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