GN060 - SERVICES PROVIDED BY NON-HOSPITAL SERVICES

1. This diagram, GN030, GN040 and GN050 illustrate commissioning arrangements (NHS SERVICE AGREEMENTS) including those for OUT OF AREA TREATMENTS. This diagram shows how activities and services not normally associated with hospitals relate to SERVICES.

2. A SERVICE will comprise one or more services or activities, grouped together in order to relate to NHS SERVICE AGREEMENTS. Normally each SERVICE will relate to only one NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT but there will be occasions where, for instance, SERVICES by a FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC will relate to more than one NHS SERVICE AGREEMENT. In this case, there would be more than one SERVICE PROVIDED UNDER AGREEMENT for the FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS.

3. Some of the classes shown, such as FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS, COMMUNITY EPISODE and AMBULANCE SERVICE are examples of community and other NHS services and activities and are therefore linked to SERVICE. Other classes, such as IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME FOR PERSON, are the subjects of NHS services and should also be linked to SERVICE. Services optionally linked to SERVICE may (but need not) be identified separately for contracting purposes.

4. Community services being provided within a HEALTH PROGRAMME or a SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGE, may be from more than one HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Each SERVICE as part of a programme will be from one HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.