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Written question asked by Paul Farrelly (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 10 May 2013. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health Services: West Midlands

Question

(8) if he will direct the Area Director of NHS England in Shropshire and Staffordshire to publish (a) his anticipated budget for the commissioning of Barth syndrome services in (i) Shropshire and Staffordshire NHS area, (ii) Shropshire, (iii) Staffordshire, (iv) North Staffordshire, (v) Stoke-on-Trent and (vi) South Staffordshire for the year ended 31 March 2014 and (b) the number of patients (i) receiving treatment and (ii) for which treatment has been budgeted in that year for each such area;

[154340]

Paul Farrelly:

Answer

The Shropshire and Staffordshire area team does not hold a budget for specialised commissioning.

NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised services. The prime objective of NHS England is to drive improvement in the quality of the NHS services, and the Government will hold them to account for this through the NHS Mandate.

NHS England is implementing a single operating model for the commissioning of 143 specialised services. This replaces the previous arrangements whereby 10 regional organisations were responsible for commissioning specialised services and where there was wide variation in the range, quality and access to specialised services that were commissioned.

Single nationally agreed service specifications are being developed for each of the 143 services to ensure that patients have equitable access to high quality services, regardless of where they live in England.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
154340; 563 cc306-310W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Health services Finance West Midlands Barth syndrome
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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