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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Clinical Commissioning Groups: Finance (23 June 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is providing to clinical commissioning groups that are in deficit to allow them to meet clinical need.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Answer

All clinical commissioning groups in deficit receive additional support from the NHS England regional teams and local offices in helping them to manage their resources as effectively as possible, whilst supporting their day to day decision making. This allows them to meet the clinical need of the local area.

NHS England is also in the process of revising the work programme for the financial resilience programme, which aims to provide broader support to all clinical commissioning groups, with a particular focus on those in deficit.

Clinical commissioning groups in deficit will often also benefit from a review by external advisors to help clarify the nature of their financial challenge, and to help craft solutions to ensure that the local clinical need is best met.


Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
28 June 2017

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