Specialized Commissioning Clinical Commissioning Policies Work Programme updated in England

On August 05, 2021, NHS England published an update of the Specialized Services Policy Pipeline (covering April 27, 2021 - July 27, 2021).

Two types of Work Programmes exist:

• Clinical commissioning policy work program;
• Specialized commissioning service specification work program;

Updates were only made in the clinical commissioning policy work program. No new MedTech-related Clinical Commissioning Policies were added to the work program.

Two new MedTech-related policies were published:

• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplant (all ages) is recommended to be available as a treatment option through routine commissioning within the criteria set out in the policy;
• Brachytherapy dose escalation with external beam radiotherapy for intermediate and high-risk localised prostate cancer is recommended as a routine commissioning treatment option within the criteria set out in the policy.

See the full details in English here.

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