NHS Specialised Services is the national organisation responsible for the commissioning of specialised services that help improve the lives of children and adults with rare diseases or disorders.
Commissioning in the NHS is the process of ensuring that health services meet the needs of the population. It is complex and includes assessing the needs of the population, selecting health care service providers and ensuring that these services are safe, effective, patient-centred and of high quality.
Although most services in the NHS are currently commissioned by about 150 local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), there are different arrangements for commissioning specialised services. A specialised service is defined in law as a service which covers a planning population (catchment area) of more than a million people. Each PCT contributes some of its budget to funding specialised services.
NHS Specialised Services is the national organisation responsible for the commissioning of specialised services that help to improve the lives of children and adults with very rare conditions.
Commissioning in the NHS is the process of ensuring that health services meet the needs of the population. It is a complex process that includes assessing the needs of the population, procuring health care services and ensuring that these specialist services are safe, effective, patient-centred and of high quality.
Safe and Sustainable is currently leading two national reviews of specialist paediatric services; a review of children's congenital cardiac services and a review of children's neurosurgical services.
The reviews are led on behalf of the 10 Specialised Commissioning Groups and their constituent Primary Care Trusts.
The public consultation on the way children’s congenital heart services should be provided in the future has now closed. Click here for more information.
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