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78019

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England has made on development of the (a) mission and vision and (b) service-level planning elements of its five year strategy for specialised services; when publication of that strategy is expected; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	205758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014: this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The publication and application of the specialised services strategy have been paused while the task force undertakes its work. At this stage, NHS England is yet to confirm when the strategy will be published. However, many aspects of the work of the taskforce will contribute to taking the strategy work forward later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the work on development of the mission and vision and service-level planning elements of the specialised services strategy, prior to the pause, is available on the following webpages:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/mission-vision/</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/service-level-plan/</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that the A3 change proposals were a pilot process to establish how NHS England might be able to achieve multiple stakeholder involvement on future service change. Proposals that demonstrate good opportunities to increase value and contain cost have moved into the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme for specialised services. Other proposals which support strategic service planning continue to be considered. Authors with proposals that do not meet the objectives of QIPP or strategic services planning will be informed within the next few weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205757 205759 205760 question first answered 22/07/2014 16:48:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

78020

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to publish its five year strategy for specialised services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	205759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014: this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The publication and application of the specialised services strategy have been paused while the task force undertakes its work. At this stage, NHS England is yet to confirm when the strategy will be published. However, many aspects of the work of the taskforce will contribute to taking the strategy work forward later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the work on development of the mission and vision and service-level planning elements of the specialised services strategy, prior to the pause, is available on the following webpages:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/mission-vision/</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/service-level-plan/</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that the A3 change proposals were a pilot process to establish how NHS England might be able to achieve multiple stakeholder involvement on future service change. Proposals that demonstrate good opportunities to increase value and contain cost have moved into the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme for specialised services. Other proposals which support strategic service planning continue to be considered. Authors with proposals that do not meet the objectives of QIPP or strategic services planning will be informed within the next few weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205757 205758 205760 question first answered 22/07/2014 16:48:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

78021

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England evaluates service specific A3 change proposals for its five-year strategy development for specialised services; when authors of those proposals will learn the outcomes of their proposals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	205760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014: this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The publication and application of the specialised services strategy have been paused while the task force undertakes its work. At this stage, NHS England is yet to confirm when the strategy will be published. However, many aspects of the work of the taskforce will contribute to taking the strategy work forward later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the work on development of the mission and vision and service-level planning elements of the specialised services strategy, prior to the pause, is available on the following webpages:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/mission-vision/</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/service-level-plan/</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that the A3 change proposals were a pilot process to establish how NHS England might be able to achieve multiple stakeholder involvement on future service change. Proposals that demonstrate good opportunities to increase value and contain cost have moved into the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme for specialised services. Other proposals which support strategic service planning continue to be considered. Authors with proposals that do not meet the objectives of QIPP or strategic services planning will be informed within the next few weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205757 205758 205759 question first answered 22/07/2014 16:48:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

78032

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England's specialised commissioning taskforce intends to incorporate work submitted by (a) clinical reference groups and (b) other stakeholders in response to its requests for A3 change proposals to inform the development of its five year strategy for specialised services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	205757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014: this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The publication and application of the specialised services strategy have been paused while the task force undertakes its work. At this stage, NHS England is yet to confirm when the strategy will be published. However, many aspects of the work of the taskforce will contribute to taking the strategy work forward later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the work on development of the mission and vision and service-level planning elements of the specialised services strategy, prior to the pause, is available on the following webpages:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/mission-vision/</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/service-level-plan/</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that the A3 change proposals were a pilot process to establish how NHS England might be able to achieve multiple stakeholder involvement on future service change. Proposals that demonstrate good opportunities to increase value and contain cost have moved into the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme for specialised services. Other proposals which support strategic service planning continue to be considered. Authors with proposals that do not meet the objectives of QIPP or strategic services planning will be informed within the next few weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205758 205759 205760 question first answered 22/07/2014 16:48:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

77634

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning policies NHS England has published since Apirl 2014; and how many such policies are pending.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	205563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has published 53 clinical commissioning policies since April 2014. A further 4 are currently out to public consultation which will close on 17 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that 65 clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by clinical reference groups, and Programme of Care Boards.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning policies will be submitted to the Rare Disease Advisory Group and Clinical Priorities Advisory Group during August for consideration at their next meeting later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>No clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by the Directly Commissioned Services Committee and the NHS England Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205598 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:39:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

77636

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who NHS England will consult as part of the review by the specialised commissioning task force; and whether (a) patients and (b) the public will have the opportunity to participate in the review.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	205561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the work of the specialised commissioning task force is not a wholesale review of specialised commissioning. The specialised commissioning task force was established in April 2014 in order to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force comprises seven distinct work streams, which will focus on financial control in 2014-15, and planning for the 2015-16 commissioning round.</p><p> </p><p>There are aspects of the task force work which will require specific engagement appropriate and proportionate to the nature of the issue or service via the routes relevant to the topic. For example, there is engagement with clinical commissioning groups via the Commissioning Assembly on the future portfolio of specialised services. There is engagement via the Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group about a range of commissioning issues. This group acts as a forum for organisations and individuals representing patients of specialised services to contribute to the improvement of services and patient experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2014 16:49:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

77644

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what form the engagement announced by NHS England on 9 May 2014 at the launch of its specialised commissioning taskforce will take.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	205535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the work of the specialised commissioning task force is not a wholesale review of specialised commissioning. It is best described as work to support financial control in 2014-15 and to plan for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>There are aspects of the task force work which will require specific engagement appropriate and proportionate to the nature of the issue or service via the routes relevant to the topic. For example, there is engagement with clinical commissioning groups via the Commissioning Assembly on the future portfolio of specialised services. There is also engagement via the Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group about a range of commissioning issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/07/2014 14:24:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

77661

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning policies are being considered by (a) clinical reference groups, (b) Programme of Care Boards, (c) the Rare Disease Advisory Group, (d) the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group, (e) the Directly Commissioned Services Committee and (f) the NHS England Board.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	205598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has published 53 clinical commissioning policies since April 2014. A further 4 are currently out to public consultation which will close on 17 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that 65 clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by clinical reference groups, and Programme of Care Boards.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning policies will be submitted to the Rare Disease Advisory Group and Clinical Priorities Advisory Group during August for consideration at their next meeting later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>No clinical commissioning policies are currently being considered by the Directly Commissioned Services Committee and the NHS England Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205563 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:39:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

77422

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether applications for specialised services which have previously been submitted to NHS England will be reviewed under the existing commissioning process or by the specialised commissioning taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	205440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014; this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is bound to arrange the provision, to such extent as it considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements, of those services that are prescribed in regulations for national commissioning by NHS England (SI 2012/2996, as amended). Any decisions made by NHS England on the national commissioning of prescribed specialised services are made within the statutory framework provided for by Ministers in accordance with the requirements laid down by Parliament in section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended. Further information on the process for prescribing specialised services is contained in “Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group, Recommendations to Ministers, May 2014”. A copy has been placed in the Library and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialised-service-recommendations-to-ministers</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205441 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:56:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ205441_PQ205440 - Lib Doc - Report.pdf title Library Document
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

77423

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will conclude its review of specialised service commissioning.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	205441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014; this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is bound to arrange the provision, to such extent as it considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements, of those services that are prescribed in regulations for national commissioning by NHS England (SI 2012/2996, as amended). Any decisions made by NHS England on the national commissioning of prescribed specialised services are made within the statutory framework provided for by Ministers in accordance with the requirements laid down by Parliament in section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended. Further information on the process for prescribing specialised services is contained in “Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group, Recommendations to Ministers, May 2014”. A copy has been placed in the Library and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialised-service-recommendations-to-ministers</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 205440 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:56:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ205441_PQ205440 - Lib Doc - Report.pdf title Library Document
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous