In July 2022, a change in the law created a new organisation, NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB), to take over local healthcare planning from the former clinical commissioning group (CCG) serving the areas of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
Since the ICB establishment they have been reviewing their clinical policies. This includes:
- reviewing the four existing CCG policies to harmonise them into one new position for the ICB
- implementing new policies to take into account national clinical guidelines and best practice.
While the majority of the clinical policies were similar, there were several clinical policies that had some differences. To address these differences, commissioning policies for treatments listed below are being reviewed to look at how they can be made the same for the places of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
Clinical experts have looked at the latest evidence and practice for all of these services, both nationally and locally, to ensure the local offer is high quality and safe.
The clinical policy review will be carried out in stages.
Each proposed policy is listed below, along with details of the proposed changes and the new proposed policy. If you would like to comment on one or more of these proposed policies, please complete this online form by 11.59pm on Monday 26 February 2024.
For reference when you see NICE, we refer to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and EBI stands for evidence-based intervention which is the national policy position.