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Written question asked by Heidi Allen (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 9 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 April 2019. It was answered by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Clinical Commissioning Groups

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support Care Commissioning Groups that experience a disproportionate level of population growth.

Answer

NHS England is responsible for decisions on the weighted capitation formula used to allocate resources between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). This process is independent of Government. NHS England take advice from the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), a group of academics and other experts.

ACRA has recommended a new approach to health inequalities which was reflected in the CCG allocations published on 10 January 2019.

Population figures for all programme allocations are based on general practitioner registered list sizes, as they have been since 2013-14. Increases for future years are based on the Office for National Statistics estimates of population trends for resident populations, which is the only consistent and robust national data set available to use for this purpose.

Full details of the CCG allocations announcements for 2019-20 to 2023-24 can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/allocations/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
242909
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Clinical commissioning groups
Link
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