1. Specialised Services Commissioning
Kate Caston
Director
East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group

2. EMSCG Who we are What we do How we do it
The future – consultation on the White Paper
QIPP is the new framework being adopted across the NHS to ensure that the changes required to commission and deliver health services in the new economic context and are not just considered as a cost cutting exercise.  The 4 key components of QIPP – Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention are the four key areas against which all future changes should be measured.

3. Collaborative work
Commission chemotherapy including administering the Cancer Fund
Support lead commissioners in specific pieces of work
Major trauma
Critical care Nottingham University Hospitals
NICE and drugs excluded to tariff
Commission all London flows and out of East Midlands contracts