Engagement on proposed revisions to Clinical Reference Groups in specialised commissioning

Closed 10 Mar 2016

Opened 9 Feb 2016

Overview

Clinical advice and leadership is central to the success of improving patient care and ensuring  best value is achieved from the resources available to the NHS. Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) within specialised commissioning play an important role in this.

NHS England has listened to feedback from CRG members and wider stakeholders on how well the current system is working through workshops for chairs and patient and public voice members held over the past 18 months. We have also listened to feedback from CRG members and wider stakeholders through the Investing in Specialised Services public consultation in 2015.   

NHS England believes that the proposed revisions to CRGs along with the additional resources we are proposing to invest into the CRG infrastructure, will significantly strengthen their ability to support the delivery of high quality and affordable specialised services whilst also ensuring value for money and the sustainability of CRGs in the longer term.   

We are now keen to hear the views of CRG members and wider stakeholders on the proposals which are set out in detail in the engagement guide

Audiences

  • Academic/professional institutions
  • Advocacy or support organisations
  • All interested stakeholders
  • All NHS England Staff
  • All P&I staff
  • Allied health professionals
  • Area Team directors
  • Art therapists
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Care-givers
  • Carers
  • Charities
  • Childcare providers
  • Chiropodists/podiatrists
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Clinical psychologists
  • Clinicians
  • Commissioners
  • Community groups
  • Community healthcare trusts
  • Deaneries
  • Dental surgeons
  • Dentists
  • DH third sector strategic partners
  • Diagnostic radiographers
  • Dietitians
  • Directors of public health
  • Doctors
  • Drama therapists
  • Employee representatives
  • Employer representatives
  • Foundation trusts
  • GP Practices
  • GP Practices
  • GPs
  • Health and Social Care Information Centre
  • Health and Wellbeing boards
  • Health care assistants
  • Health Education England
  • Health Protection Agency
  • Health visitors
  • Healthcare scientists
  • Healthwatch (national and local)
  • Higher education institutions
  • Informatics professionals
  • Information professionals
  • Information providers
  • Local authorities
  • Local Government Association
  • Managers
  • Mental health trusts
  • Midwives
  • Monitor
  • Music therapists
  • National directors
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Neonatal and maternity staff
  • NHS England Partnership Organisations
  • NHS Trust Development Authority
  • Nurses
  • Occupation therapists
  • Ophthalmic practitioners
  • Orthopists
  • Orthotists
  • Paediatric neuropsychologists
  • Paramedics
  • Patients
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Pharmacists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Policy leads
  • Practice managers
  • Primary care
  • Prosthesists
  • Receptionists
  • Regional directors
  • Regulatory bodies
  • Responsible officers
  • Retailers
  • Royal Colleges
  • Service providers
  • Service users
  • Social care providers
  • Speech and language therapists
  • Strategic clinical networks (SCNs)
  • Suppliers
  • Therapeutic radiographers
  • Trade unions
  • Tribunal service
  • Voluntary groups

Interests

  • Specialised commissioning