NHS England Board paper, 4 July 2018
- NHS England has begum a consultation on the Evidence-Based Interventions programme which will limit the use of a 17 surgical interventions commissioned by CCGs.
- The consultation proposes that four interventions should no longer be routinely commissioned by CCGs unless accompanied by a successful Individual Funding Request (IFR) and 13 interventions should only be performed when specific evidence based clinical criteria are met. It is proposed that Category 1 interventions will be set at zero tariff in National Tariff without a successful IFR.
- Proposals also suggest that changes in the NHS Standard Contract will require commissioners and providers to comply and enable commissioners to withhold payment.
- This is Phase 1 of the programme which will test the approach and implementation.
- See the consultation document (paper 4b) for details.
- Phase 2 will be launched in early 2019 and will consult on further interventions and will also include specialised services which are commissioned by NHS England.
