FOI Ref: 0176FOI1920
 
 
10th January 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/ Response 
 
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from NHS Sheffield CCG:    

1. Do you currently commission repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), through: (1) Individual Funding Requests or (2) core commissioned contracts (3) Prior Approval? 

(1) IFR requests have been received and declined.

(2) No

(3) No 

2. If you are not currently commissioning repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), are you considering commissioning it through either Individual Funding Requests, Prior Approval or core commissioned contracts in the next two, five or ten years?

No to IFR and core commissioned contracts. 

3. Are commissioners considering any new treatments, other than drug or psychological therapies, for depression, treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the next two, five or ten years? 

We intend to commission services as directed by the NHS England Long Term plan, and with due regard to evidenced based practice, as and when this is published and emerges from national clinical and commissioning forums.