Amendments in relation to services for rare and very rare conditions which are commissioned by the Board4

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.