A Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is an Organisation.

Commissioning Support Units provide Clinical Commissioning Groups with external support, specialist skills and knowledge to support them in their role as commissioners, for example by providing:

• Business intelligence services
• Clinical procurement services
• Business support services such as Human Resources (HR), payroll, procurement of goods and services and some aspects of informatics.

For further information on the Commissioning Support Units, see the NHS England website at Resources for CSUs.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	CSU
plural	Commissioning Support Units