FOI Ref: 0186FOI1920
29th 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
Please advise the CCG(s) that the information below refers to:
Does the CCG commission any of the following audiology services and if so how [tick boxes to indicate response]:
Response
Please see completed table below with our responses for NHS Sheffield CCG.
| Service | Model | Reimbursement | Demand management |
Community Audiology Service for non-referrable*, sensorineural hearing loss: [list providers] Sheffield CCG does not commission community audiology services | Any Qualified Provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N |
Sole Provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N | |
| Block Contract | |||
| Prime provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N | |
| Block Contract | |||
Hospital based service for non-referrable*, sensorineural hearing loss: [list providers] Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Any Qualified Provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N |
| Sole Provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff In the case of SSHL (Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss) this is classed as an urgent attendance at A&E / Urgent ENT Clinic which is covered by Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N There is an activity plan for A&E | |
| Block Contract | |||
| Prime provider [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N | |
| Block Contract | |||
| Hospital based service for referable*, “complex” hearing loss: [list providers] Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Specific contract for audiology service [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N |
| Block Contract | |||
| Part of contract for ENT services [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or "cap" Y/N | |
Block Contract All ENT services are covered by a block contract | |||
| Part of contract for general acute services [list providers if more than one model applies] | Tariff | Specified activity plan or “cap” Y/N | |
| Block Contract | |||
| Other - please specify | Please specify | Please specify |
* According to current BAA or BSHAA guidance on referral of audiology
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