Service Harmonisation – We need your views

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

We are currently engaging on how we harmonise our services following our establishment as the new Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board this summer and we would like to ask for your views.

Background; There were previously five Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in mid and south Essex. Integrated Care Boards were established on 1 July 2022 and replaced CCGs. The new NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board is now responsible for the commissioning of the services which was the responsibility of CCGs before.

There are differences in some of the services that were offered by the CCGs in mid and south Essex. We are reviewing these services to make them equal across mid and south Essex. This is called ‘service harmonisation.’ 

We want to engage with residents who are currently affected by, have previously been affected by, or have views about the following services:

• Weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery)  
• Correction for uneven breasts (breast asymmetry) 
• Breast reduction  
• Female sterilisation  
• Male sterilisation (vasectomy)
• Special fertility services (tertiary fertility services) which includes the following treatments:  
  • Intra-uterine insemination (IUI)  
  • In vitro fertilisation (IVF), with or without intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)  
  • Donor Insemination (DI)  
  • Sperm and oocyte donation (sperm and egg donation) 

Please click on the link below to take part in this survey. 

Mid and South Essex Service Harmonisation 2022 – Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ics.nhs.uk)

Please note that this survey will close on 31 August 2022.

Thanks 

Communications and Engagement Team

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board