The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/415
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 .

Section 2 Amendments in relation to services for rare and very rare conditions which are commissioned by the Board

(1) After regulation 11 (specified services for rare and very rare conditions) of the principal Regulations, insert—

Saving and transitional provision in relation to certain services for rare and very rare conditions

(11A)

(1) A relevant contract in relation to transferring services is not terminated or modified by virtue of the omission of those transferring services from Schedule 4 with effect from the transfer date and continues in force as it did immediately before the transfer date.

(2) The Board retains the duty under regulations 7(2)(c), 10(1)(c) and 11 which it held in relation to those transferring services immediately before the transfer date for so long as a relevant contract for the provision of those services continues to have effect in relation to those transferring services but only to the extent of the provision which is made in that relevant contract for such services.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) a “relevant contract” is a contract having effect as between the Board and another person for the provision as part of the health service of transferring services where that contract has effect immediately before the transfer date;

(b) “the transfer date” means 1st April 2015;

(c) “transferring services” are wheelchair services as included within the service specified at paragraph 135 in Schedule 4 immediately prior to the transfer date.

(2) Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (services for rare and very rare conditions) is amended as follows.

(3) After paragraph 3, insert—

(3A) Adult highly specialist oesophageal gastric services in the form of gastro-electrical stimulation for patients with intractable gastroparesis.

(4) Omit paragraph 11.

(5) For paragraph 31, substitute—

(31) Bone conduction hearing implant services.

(6) For paragraph 59, substitute—

(59) Highly specialist adult gynaecological surgery and urinary surgery services for women.

(59A) Highly specialist adult urological surgery services for men.

(7) Omit paragraph 61.

(8) Omit paragraph 76.

(9) After paragraph 107, insert—

(107A) Specialist colorectal surgery services.

(10) For paragraph 116, substitute—

(116) Specialist immunology services for adults with deficient immune systems.

(116A) Specialist immunology services for children with deficient immune systems.

(11) At the end of paragraph 135, insert “excluding wheelchair services”.

Section 3 Amendments in relation to NHS funded nursing care

In regulation 28 (persons who enter relevant premises or who develop a need for nursing care) of the principal Regulations—

(a) in paragraph (5), after “paragraph (6)”, insert “or, as the case may be, (6A)”; and

(b) after paragraph (6), insert—

(6A) Where the relevant body consents to the arrangement by a local authority, in accordance with section 22(4) and, where applicable, sections 22(5) and 22(9) of the Care Act 2014 , for the provision of nursing care in accommodation arranged by the local authority in Northern Ireland or Scotland, the relevant body must pay to the relevant provider in respect of the person receiving nursing care—

(a) £100 per week, where nursing care is provided in accommodation in Northern Ireland, or

(b) £78 per week, where nursing care is provided in accommodation in Scotland,

unless or until paragraph (6B) applies.

(6B) This paragraph applies where a person receiving nursing care in accommodation in Northern Ireland or Scotland—

(a) has their need for nursing care assessed and it is determined that that person no longer has any need for nursing care;

(b) is no longer resident in that accommodation;

(c) becomes eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare pursuant to this Part; or

(d) dies.

(6C) In paragraphs (6A) and (6B)—

“accommodation” means—

in relation to Northern Ireland, residential or other accommodation in Northern Ireland of a type which may be provided under article 15 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and includes a nursing home within the meaning of article 11 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 ;

in relation to Scotland, residential accommodation in Scotland of a type which may be provided under or by virtue of section 12 or 13A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 ;

“local authority” has the same meaning as in section 1(4) of the Care Act 2014 ; and

“relevant provider” means—

in relation to Northern Ireland, the person registered under Part 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 in respect of that accommodation;

in relation to Scotland, the person who provides in respect of that accommodation a care service registered under section 59 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 .