NHS England is the body responsible for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) nationally, and has a statutory role planning and funding health services. The organisation also sets the priorities and direction of the NHS.
NHS England is funding a one-year pilot of the Serious Illness Care Programme UK at Airedale in Yorkshire and Southend in Essex, two of the integrated care pioneer sites within the new care models programme. (The NHS England pilot is in addition to the programme running at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Merseyside, which is the lead site.)
The new care models programme is delivering a key element of the Five Year Forward View – the shared vision for the future of the NHS, published in October 2014 and developed by the national partner organisations: NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, Health Education England, NHS Improvement, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
