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<p>NHS England does not split the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) programme allocation
across service categories. CCGs receive an annual allocation calculated by reference
to the size of population they commission for, and it is up to the CCG to decide how
to spend it, taking into account national policy considerations and a local assessment
of need.</p><p>CCGs are required to submit their spending plans and their annual accounts
to NHS England. NHS England reviews spending, including for mental health (MH), through
the CCG assurance process.</p><p>NHS England has made a requirement of clinical commissioning
groups (CCGs) in the planning guidance for 2015/16, The Forward View Into Action:
Planning Guidance for 2015/16, that each CCG’s spending on MH services in 2015/16
should increase in real terms, and grow by at least as much as each CCG’s overall
funding allocation increase.</p><p>CCG actual and planned spend (not funding) can
be split between MH and other categories of expenditure. The table below shows CCG
MH spend for Liverpool CCG, for Merseyside CCGs and nationally for all CCGs. These
figures are actual spend for 2013/14 and 2014/15 and planned spend for 2015/16:</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>2013/14<br>Outturn
<br>£k</p></td><td>2014/15<br>Outturn<br>£k</td><td>2015/16<br>Outturn<br>£k</td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool
CCG Total</p></td><td><p>76,335</p></td><td><p>85,500</p></td><td><p>89,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside
CCGTotal</p></td><td><p>181,521</p></td><td><p>209,004</p></td><td><p>217,948</p></td></tr><tr><td>EnglandCCGsTotal</td><td><p>7,818,924</p></td><td><p>8,289,153</p></td><td><p>8,602,990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>Specialised health services, primary care and other directly commissioned services
includes some spend on MH services. This direct commissioning spend on MH services
is not routinely split into the different categories of expenditure and is not included
in the figures in the table above.</p>
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