Public health commissioning in the NHS: 2025 to 2026
Information about NHS England's objectives and funding arrangements as it commissions public health services.
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The NHS public health functions agreement sets out the arrangements under which the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services (known as section 7A services).
The services currently commissioned in this way are:
- national immunisation programmes
- national population screening programmes
- child health information services (CHIS)
- public health services for adults and children in secure and detained settings in England
- sexual assault services (sexual assault referral centres)
Updates to this page
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Clarified that achieving objective 1 involves securing services from community pharmacies registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as well as from NHS providers registered with the Care Quality Commission.
Update history
2025-11-13 15:32
Added measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) and gonorrhoea immunisation programmes to the list of national immunisation programmes and to the list of key deliverables. Amended key performance indicators table to reflect that the efficiency standard and optimal performance standard for diabetic eye screening coverage are in development.
2025-06-04 15:52
Clarified that achieving objective 1 involves securing services from community pharmacies registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as well as from NHS providers registered with the Care Quality Commission.
2025-04-14 14:24
First published.