The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Amendments in relation to services for rare and very rare conditions which are commissioned by the Board

4.—(1) In regulation 11A of the principal Regulations (saving and transitional provision in relation to certain services for rare and very rare conditions), for paragraph (3)(b) and (c), substitute—

“(b) “the transfer date” means—

(i) in relation to transferring services referred to in paragraph (c)(i) (wheelchair services), 1st April 2015; and

(ii) in relation to transferring services referred to in paragraph (c)(ii) (specialist morbid obesity services), 1st April 2016;

(c) “transferring services” are—

(i) wheelchair services as included within the service specified in paragraph 135 of Schedule 4 immediately prior to the transfer date;

(ii) specialist morbid obesity services as specified in paragraph 118 of that Schedule immediately prior to the transfer date.”.

(2) In Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (services for rare and very rare conditions)—

(a) in paragraph 58, for “(including bridge to transplant using mechanical circulatory support)”, substitute “(including mechanical circulatory support)”;

(b) after paragraph 75, insert—

“76.   Mitochondrial donation service.”;

(c) after paragraph 116A, insert—

“116B.   Specialist maternity care for women diagnosed with abnormally invasive placenta.”;

(d) omit paragraph 118; and

(e) after paragraph 140, insert—

“140A.   Surgery for complex obesity in children.”.