Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new arrangements for collaboratively commissioning specialised services will be co-designed with patient organisations with an interest in specialised commissioning.

NHS England has designed the guidance for collaborative commissioning with both the Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group and other wider national patient groups. Local collaborative commissioning committees are expected to consider, as part of their structure and function, how they will engage with patients and public locally.

A copy of the guidance is attached.