To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they can publish the (a) members list and (b) terms of reference for the nine regional statutory joint committees responsible for commissioning specialised services that cover (i) North East, (ii) West Midlands, (iii) East Midlands, (iv) South West, (v) East, (vi) London, (vii) North West, (viii) Yorkshire and The Humber, and (ix) South East.

In December 2023, the NHS England Board approved plans to delegate the commissioning of the same 59 specialised services to integrated care boards (ICBs), rather than joint committees, in the East, the Midlands, and the North West regions of England, from April 2024. Any relevant joint committees will have delegated responsibility for commissioning specialised services up until this point. More information about the plans is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-2024-25-next-steps-with-delegation-to-integrated-care-boards/

NHS England also approved plans for joint committees to commission appropriate specialised services in the South West, South East, London and the North East and Yorkshire regions of England for 2024/25. This will help support a smooth transition of commissioning responsibility by April 2025.

The committees are in various stages of development, with some winding up for April 2024 and others becoming established to commission specialised services from April 2025. The Department does not currently plan to publish terms of reference for these committees. The attached document shows a list of joint committees and members, for the commissioning of delegated services.

Annex to PQ12379 (docx, 26.5KB)