FOI Ref: 0030FOI2021
10th July 2020
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:
Request
Please can you provide Sheffield CCG's policy, decision making process and clinical criteria regarding the provision of nursing services in a patient's home including reference to when care should be provided by personal assistants or carers instead.
Response
Please see link below CCG Commissioning of Care Principles Policy. Please note that this policy is due for review and update.
It should also be noted that as per NHS England guidance all home care packages from April 2019 have a Personal Health budget as the default offer. The PHB’s can be delivered by the following methods:
“People can have a personal health budget in one or any combination of the following three ways:
Extract from NHS England Personal Health England website