Commissioning and Integrated Care

Monitor is the sector regulator for health services in England. One of its roles is to ensure that Health and Social Care Act 2012 is implemented and a key focus of the Act is on integrated care. The Act imposes duties on Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to ensure that health services are internally integrated (within NHS provided services) and externally integrated (with health and social services provided by others). Nigel Rose, Strategic Lead (Commissioning) debates how the NHS could commission for integrated services in his new blog.