Clinical commissioning group (CCG) authorisation

Authorisation guidance

Authorisation resources

  • Finance governance tool for CCGs
    For interim chairs of governing bodies, the tool looks at arrangements for good financial governance and evidence needed for their proposed CCG’s application for authorisation.

Authorisation waves

Authorisation: Wave 1

Authorisation: Wave 2

Clinical commissioning group authorisation outcomes: Wave 2 (version 2, 25 January 2013)
This document was updated on 25 January 2013 to include up to date information on the authorisation of NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG. There were no other changes.

Authorisation: Wave 3

Authorisation: Wave 4

32 Responses to Clinical commissioning group (CCG) authorisation

  1. Joanna Molnar says:
    2 May, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    We have been told that the NHSCB will issue a Case Study template or more detailed guidelines for the format and content of the Case Study evidence for authorisation. Please can you provide a link if such a template already exists or confirm when one will be made available.

  2. Rick Salmon says:
    2 May, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Hi, I am having a few problems with links within the ‘Clinical commissioning group authorisation: Draft guide for applicants’ Annex E. Some links do not appear to work. E.g. Developing CCGs: Towards Establishment http://www.commissioningboard.nhs. uk/files/2012/01/NHSCBA-02-2012- 6-Guidance-Towards- establishment-Final.pdf – Error Unknown Host.
    Could you confirm whether there is a problem or is it me.
    Also under Financial management arrangements … ‘Financial governance framework including templates, spring 2012’, can you advise when these will be ready?
    Finally under ‘Commissioning Intelligence Self Assessment Tool (CISAT) April 2012, can you also advise when these will be ready?

    Thanks

    • bjohnson says:
      4 May, 2012 at 1:12 pm

      Hi Rick, with regard to that link, there are spaces in the URL that shouldn’t be there. Please try http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NHSCBA-02-2012-6-Guidance-Towards-establishment-Final.pdf.

      Regarding financial matters, you may like to review the information included within the document Towards Establishment and the supporting material in the Model Constitution Framework.

      In addition, work is underway on more of a development support tool and that, along with the Commissioning Intelligence Self Assessment Toolkit, is going through final testing to ensure accessibility, language and usefulness for Clinical Commissioning Groups. Unfortunately this is taking a little longer than anticipated. We are aiming to have these complete by mid-May.

      Would you be willing to let us contact you, if you are interested in supporting this final phase?

      • Tom Jackson says:
        17 May, 2012 at 6:19 pm

        I would be very happy to offer support to final implementation of the finance toolkit.

      • Anthony Owens says:
        31 July, 2012 at 11:38 am

        Is there an intention to share examples of good practice gathered during the authorisation process? This would be helpful in inorming future organisational development.

    • bjohnson says:
      20 June, 2012 at 3:03 pm

      To update my previous reply, I can confirm that the CISAT tool is now available.

  3. Diahann says:
    15 May, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    Can you advise when CISAT will be ready? I am happy to be contacted to support the final phase of testing if that would be useful.

  4. Vicky Pickles says:
    17 May, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Hi
    Is there anything in relation to the lay members of the CCGs that says they cannot be an employee of an existing NHS body?
    THank you
    Vicky

    • Sarah Pudney@NHS CBA says:
      21 May, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Hi Vicky

      Thank you for your enquiry with regards to CCG lay members being employees of an existing NHS body. The Role Outlines document posted on the NHS CB website here (http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ccg-mem-roles.pdf) sets out the early thinking on exclusions, however the detail is now being worked through in regulations.

      Regulations will set out those who are not eligible to be lay members of a CCG governing body: these are likely to include officers and employees of NHS bodies.

      I hope this is helpful.

  5. Jeff Deane says:
    21 May, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    when will the CCG governance documents such as model Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and possibly model Scheme of Delegation materials be available on the website or if they are already avaialble could you send me the link

    thanks

    Jeff

  6. Jacquie Foster says:
    29 May, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    In the Draft Applicant Guide FAQs question 7.4 asks about Case Studies. The response says the NHSCBA are considering how support can best be made available to CCGs. Can you update when more info will be available to answer this question? Thanks

    • Sarah Pudney@NHS CBA says:
      8 June, 2012 at 8:31 am

      Hi Jacquie and thanks for your question. It is unlikely that any further support will be made available to CCGs at this stage in preparing their case studies. The template to be used was circulated to CCGs on 1 June 2012.

  7. Sam Davies says:
    30 May, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    Hi,
    I am having problems openint the link to the “The CCG Authoristaion: Self Certification Information Pack”. Is there a problem with the link or is the document still under development ?

    • Sarah Pudney@NHS CBA says:
      30 May, 2012 at 12:50 pm

      Hi Sam. The document is there and is a PDF file so you will need Acrobat Reader to open it. Have you tried refreshing the page (F5) and clicking the link again? Or right clicking on the link and saving the file to your desktop? If you are still havinng problems, please let me know. Thanks, Sarah

  8. Anon says:
    30 May, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    could you give more information on the scope and extent of the OD plan required. Most of the diagnostic work done so far in CCGs is on the leadership team only. Is the authorisation process expecting an OD plan covering to the whole organisation – staff, members in practices – or just the leaders?

    • Sarah Pudney@NHS CBA says:
      8 June, 2012 at 8:33 am

      Hi. The authorisation process expects an OD plan covering the whole organisation although we accept that much of the work done to date will have focused on the leadership team. By the whole organisation we are primarily focused on CCG staff, although we would anticipate that key practice staff may also be included in some activities. I hope this helps.

  9. Anon says:
    27 June, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    is there any further guidance re the OD plan requirements of the authorisation process?

    • glisle says:
      10 July, 2012 at 8:32 am

      Thank you for your query on the organisational development plan. No further guidance has been issued in relation to this document. It is up to the CCG how they present their plan although we strongly recommend that this is based on the results of the OD diagnostic/self-assessment tool and ideally covers each of the 10 points of evidence for authorisation listed on p66 of the draft Applicants’ guide.

  10. Richard Doane says:
    28 June, 2012 at 10:35 am

    Hi,

    I have a question about the case studies. The guidance says ‘CCG choice of case studies illustrates their approach and the impact they have to date in at least one of the above patient groups’. Does this mean that each individual case study has to mention an impact on at least one of these groups? Or is it that across the five case studies one of these groups must at least be mentioned?

    In other words is it acceptable to have a case study, for instance on leadership development, that does not link directly back to one of the mentioned patient groups?

    • glisle says:
      10 July, 2012 at 8:30 am

      Dear Richard. Thank you for your query relating to CCG case studies. Assessors will be looking to see that

        one

      of the five case studies mentions at

        least one

      of the stated patient groups. The other case studies can be on any subject, meaning that your example of a leadership development case study does not have to link back to a mentioned patient group.

  11. Joanna Molnar says:
    2 July, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Is a Word version of the application form going to be made available as the only version currently is the PDF Draft Applicant’s guide.

    • glisle says:
      5 July, 2012 at 10:50 am

      Thank you for your enquiry regarding the availability of the CCG authorisation form in formats other than PDF. The draft Applicants’ Guide was published only in PDF as a measure of version control and content security. The application form however has been made available in Word format to CCGs only via the knowledge management system. Access to the KMS is via a secure login and it is for the CCG to nominate persons it wishes to obtain access rights. If you are helping a CCG in its application process, you should liaise directly with them when wishing to assist in editing this document.

  12. Jan Snoddon says:
    4 July, 2012 at 10:16 am

    I believe Code of Conduct: Managing conflicts of interest where GP practices are potential providers of CCG-commissioned services has been developed can anyone advise where i might find this?

  13. fhameed says:
    27 July, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Is a terms of reference template available for Finance Committee?

    • glisle says:
      2 August, 2012 at 1:49 pm

      A terms of reference template has not been drafted nationally as this is not a statutory sub-committee, and each CCG may define the breadth of responsibilities differently.

      However, you may find the content of the finance governance tool helpful in supporting local discussions, and of course current PCTs may have examples that could be used as a basis for CCGs to build from, if they have decided they wish to have a finance committee.

  14. Jude says:
    30 July, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    I am trying to draft a quality and improvement policy for my CCG. Any idea of where I can get guidance of what I should include or any examples out there that I can look at for a steer?

  15. David White says:
    31 July, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    Is there any guidance on Lay members and if they should receive any remuneration.