Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 207
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
3rd March 2026
Laid before Parliament
4th March 2026
Coming into force
1st April 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6E (1) and (2) (a) and sections 272 (7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. These Regulations—
(a)may be cited as the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2026;
(b)come into force on 1st April 2026; and
(c)extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012
2.—(1) The National (Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Regulations 20122) are amended as follows.
(2) In , in regulation 20paragraph (1)(3)—
(a)in the definition of “flat rate payment”, for “£254.06” substitute “£267.68”;
(b)in the definition of “high band payment”, for £349.50” substitute “£368.24”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Care
3rd March 2026
2006 c. 41. Section 6E was inserted by section 20 (1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7). Section 6E(1) was amended by section 78 (2) (a) of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31). Sections 6E(1) and (2)(a) were amended by the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), Schedule 1, paragraph 1(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 89(3).
S.I. 2012/2996 (“the Standing Rules”) relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/261, 2014/1611, 2022/634, 2023/1071, 2024/302 and 2025/245. Under section 1 of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), the NHS Commissioning Board was renamed NHS England. On 1st July 2022, in accordance with Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (as inserted by section 19 of the Health and Care Act 2022) and S.I. 2022/632, NHS England established integrated care boards to take on the commissioning functions of clinical commissioning groups. As a consequence of those changes, paragraph 1 (1) of the Schedule to S.I. 2022/634 substitutes references to “clinical commissioning groups” with “integrated care board” in the Standing Rules. Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2023/1071 substitutes references to the “NHS Commissioning Board” with “NHS England” in the Standing Rules. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Relevant amendments to regulation 20 were made by S.I. 2014/1611, 2024/302 and 2025/245.