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<p>As part of the mental health parity of esteem requirement for 2015-16, clinical
commissioning groups (CCGs) were asked to plan for an increase in spend on mental
health services at least in line with the increase in their overall funding allocation
for the year, which set a higher bar than achieving a real terms increase in spending,
though not all CCGs were able to achieve this target. 192 of the 209 CCGs achieved
a real terms growth in mental health planned spend measured against the 1.4% Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) deflator for 2015-16.</p><br /><p>The list attached shows which
CCGs have achieved real terms increases in spending on mental health in 2015-16.</p><br
/><p>The final data for CCGs’ spending on mental health in 2015-16 will be submitted
to NHS England by commissioners in May 2016, and it is anticipated NHS England may
be in a position to provide final spend information by around the end of the first
quarter of 2016-17.</p><br /><p>NHS England has not yet published CCG planning guidance
for 2016-17. Consideration will be given to holding commissioners to account for spending
on mental health.</p><br /><p>CCG and NHS England mental health spending information
is now routinely collected as party of NHS England’s monthly financial reporting regime.
Monthly financial reports by CCGs are scrutinised and quality assessed by NHS England’s
regional teams. The monthly reports also form part of the CCG assurance process. NHS
England is also in the process of setting up the financial plan assurance process
for 2016-17, which will incorporate the review of planned spending on mental health
services for future years.</p>
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