GP-led clinical commissioning groups

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NHS England has approved the first set of GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), including in the East Midlands and East, which will take on responsibility for commissioning the majority of GP services from April this year.

64 CCGs across the country have been approved to take on greater delegated commissioning responsibility for GP services with the possibility that others may follow. This follows plans set out by NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens, early last year, to give patients, communities and clinicians more scope in deciding how local services are developed.

Taking on delegated responsibility from NHS England means CCGs will commission general medical services. Delegated responsibility is one of three models offered to CCGs along with joint commissioning with NHS England and greater involvement in commissioning. Decisions on which CCGs will be approved for joint commissioning will be made in the coming weeks.

For CCGs that have not been approved at this stage, NHS England will continue to provide support to help them achieve the commissioning model that works best for them.

This move follows the plan set out in the next steps towards primary care co-commissioning document developed by the joint CCG and NHS England primary care co-commissioning programme oversight group in partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners, and is another step towards delivering the wider strategic agenda set out in the Five Year Forward View.

64 CCGs have been given full approval on their applications for delegation, including the East Midlands and East CCGs listed below:

  • NHS North Derbyshire CCG
  • NHS Hardwick CCG
  • NHS Mansfield & Ashfield CCG
  • NHS Newark & Sherwood CCG
  • NHS Nottingham North & East CCG
  • NHS Nottingham West CCG
  • NHS Nottingham City CCG
  • NHS Erewash CCG
  • NHS Rushcliffe CCG
  • NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG
  • NHS Lincolnshire West CCG
  • NHS Lincolnshire East CCG
  • NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG
  • NHS South Lincolnshire CCG
  • NHS East Leicestershire And Rutland CCG
  • NHS Leicester City CCG
  • NHS West Leicestershire CCG
  • NHS Castle Point And Rochford CCG
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