PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Contracts (10 June 2019)

NHS England has determined that provider collaboratives for specialised mental health, learning disability and autism services will be managed by a lead provider in their local area. The lead provider will be given delegated responsibility for managing the budget and patient pathway for specialised care for their local population.

They will be monitored and held to account via a contract with NHS England, which will retain ultimate accountability for the commissioning of these services. The lead provider will work in partnership with a collaborative of National Health Service and independent sector providers to deliver care locally to their population.

Although provider collaboratives will be led by an NHS organisation, independent providers can participate in provider collaboratives and enter into partnership agreements to support the effective and efficient delivery of NHS-funded care.