PUBLIC CONSULTATION – aligning health policies across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Aligning health policies across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group (BLMK CCG) are undertaking a public consultation on fertility services, gluten-free food prescribing and the Milton Keynes Pharmacy First minor ailment scheme policies to ensure equal access to healthcare services for all residents across BLMK.

They want as many people as possible to share their views to help shape health policies by aligning them across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.

In 2021 the three former Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes merged to become one organisation. Most existing policies were very similar, however, the three policies below had clear differences so BLMK CCG need to move to a single policy for each to provide equal access to services.

The consultation and supporting documents can be found on the CCG website www.blmkccg.nhs.uk/PolicyConsultation so people can understand the differences between the policies and give their views on the proposals:

  • Fertility Services– make fertility services available to a broader group of residents (including those with specific protected characteristics to whom the service was not previously available) to ensure equal access to the service. This will include a review of the number of cycles of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) available.
  • Bringing all three former CCG areas to the same level in regarding access to:
  1. Milton Keynes Pharmacy First Minor Ailment Scheme(currently only available in Milton Keynes).
  2. Gluten-Free Food Prescribing(currently only access to bread and flour and only available in Luton).

BLMK CCG want your views

They want as many people as possible to share their views and help shape these policies so there is equal access to the services they commission, and they use the available budget in the most appropriate way to best meet the needs of the local population.

This consultation will runs r to midnight on December 21, 2021.