Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105833

NHS: Commissioning Support Units

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking following the closure of NHS Commissioning Support Units to (a) support staff affected, and (b) ensure that functions previously delivered by those units continu

Answer

Karin Smyth
As integrated care boards (ICBs) develop their strategic commissioning role and skills, commissioning support functions will be rationalised. This will result in commissioning support units (CSUs) being closed.Given wider changes in the system, including ...

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