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Primary Care Trusts

Volume 462: debated on Wednesday 11 July 2007

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Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many collaborative commissioning groups for specialist services were established by primary care trusts in each of the last three years for which figures are available. (148849)

Mr. Bradshaw

The number of specialised commissioning groups, formed by consortia of primary care trusts, in the last three years, are set out in the following table.

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Specialised commissioning groups (SCGs) in England

8

8

10

Local specialised commissioning groups (LSCGs) in England

25

25

0

Note: In 2005-06 and 2006-07 LSCGs covered specialised services with a planning population of one to two million; SCGs covered a planning population of three to six million.

The overall number reduced from April 2007 following the implementation of the recommendations of Sir David Carter's Review of Commissioning Arrangements for Specialised Services.