NHS England 27 April 2015
- The quality premium paid to CCGs in 2016/17 – to reflect the quality of the health services commissioned by them in 2015/16 – will be based on the following measures that cover a combination of national and local priorities.
- These are:
- reducing potential years of lives lost through causes considered amenable to healthcare (10 per cent of quality premium);
- urgent and emergency care-a menu of measures for CCGs to choose from locally in conjunction with their relevant Health and Wellbeing Board(s) and local NHS England team. (30 per cent of the quality premium.)
- mental health - a menu of measures for CCGs to choose from locally in conjunction with their relevant Health and Wellbeing Board(s) and local NHS England team. (30 per cent of the quality premium.)
- improving antibiotic prescribing in primary and secondary care (10 per cent of quality premium);
- two local measures which should be based on local priorities such as those identified in joint health and wellbeing strategies (20 per cent of quality premium-10 per cent for each measure).
