A formal agreement between a commissioner ORGANISATION and one or more provider ORGANISATIONS for the provision of PATIENT care services.
Services may be commissioned in four ways:
- Nationally, arranged through the National Commissioning Group (NCG)
- Primary Care Trusts acting collectively through regional or sub-regional arrangements for Specialised Services
- At Primary Care Trust level for Non-Contract Activities, for certain limited services commissioned directly by the Primary Care Trust (e.g. screening services) and for Primary Care Trusts acting collectively
- By Primary Care Trusts, acting individually or as part of a commissioning consortia.
The costs of a NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT accrue to the ORGANISATION responsible for commissioning the treatment.
For Commissioning Data Set messages the commissioner is identified in the ORGANISATION CODE (CODE OF COMMISSIONER) field.
This class is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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plural | NHS SERVICE AGREEMENTS |