- Commissioning is the planning and purchasing of NHS services to meet the health needs of a local population.
- This includes elective Hospital care, rehabilitation care, urgent and emergency care, community health services and mental health and learning disability.
- Prior to April 2013, Primary Care Trusts were responsible for commissioning services, it is now the responsibility of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s).
- The new NHS Commissioning Board (NCB) will allocate budgets to CCG’s and hold them accountable using quality standards and patient outcomes.
- The NHS Commissioning Board has now been renamed NHS England, however still has the same remit as previously.
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