In England, the 10 Specialised Commissioning Groups (SCGs) commission specialised services for their regional populations, which range in size from 2.8 million people to 7.5 million people.
The role of the National Specialised Commissioning Group is to:
The priorities in the NSCG workplan for 2011/12 are:
The NSCG has a number of sub committees, all of whose main focus is on regionally commissioned specialised services:
| Role | Member Organisation | Member Organisation Representative |
| Chair | Host Strategic Health Authority | Ruth Carnall |
| Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | Professor Adrian Newland | |
| Specialised Commissioning Groups | East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group | Catherine Griffiths (Chair) and Sharon Beamish (SCG Director) |
| East of England Specialised Commissioning Group | Dr Paul Watson (Chair) and Catherine O'Connell (SCG Director) | |
| North East Specialised Commissioning Group | Chris Reed (Chair) and Sue Cornick (SCG Director) | |
| London Specialised Commissioning Group | Ann Radmore (Chair) and Sue McLellen (Chief Operating Officer) | |
| North West Specialised Commissioning Group | Vacant (Chair) and Jon Develing (SCG Chief Officer) | |
| South East Coast Specialised Commissioning Group | Ann Sutton (Chair) and Stephanie Newman (SCG Director) | |
| South Central Specialised Commissioning Group | Debbie Fleming (Chair) and Simon Jupp (SCG Director) | |
| West Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group | Andrew Donald (Host PCT Chief Executive) and Karen Helliwell (SCG Director) | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber Specialised Commissioning Group | Ailsa Claire (Chair) and Cathy Edwards (SCG Director) | |
| South West Specialised Commissioning Group | Deborah Evans (Chair) and Ann Jarvis (SCG Director) | |
| Department of Health | John Sherriff | |
| Department of Health | Vacant | |
| National Specialised Commissioning Team | Director | Teresa Moss |
| Lay Member | Dr Suzy Walton | |
| Faculty of Public Health | Dr Sally Nelson | |
| SHA Finance Director | Bill Shields | |
| Three observers | Welsh Observer | Stuart Davies |
| Scottish Observer | Jill Vickerman and Elizabeth Porterfield | |
| Northern Irish Observer | Dr Jackie McCall |
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