Critical Care Networks
Clinical networks are an NHS success story. Combining the experience of clinicians, the input of patients and the organisational vision of NHS staff, they have supported and improved the way we deliver care to patients in distinct areas, delivering true integration across primary, secondary and often tertiary care.”
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh,NHS Medical Director and Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer
What we do
Critical Care Networks (CCN) are determined by clinical need as agreed between providers and commissioners and their outcomes and outputs are included in the relevant commissioning service specifications.
Responsibility for assuring governance arrangements for Critical Care Networks sits with NHS England specialised commissioning and responsibility for ‘hosting’ the CCN is agreed with a local provider organisation.
The first CCN in England were developed from established managed networks with national coverage:
Responsibility for assuring governance arrangements for Critical Care Networks sits with NHS England specialised commissioning and responsibility for ‘hosting’ the CCN is agreed with a local provider organisation.
The first CCN in England were developed from established managed networks with national coverage:
There are currently 20 Adult Critical Care Networks covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Click on the table below to find out more about the network in your area and how to contact them.
Click on the table below to find out more about the network in your area and how to contact them.
