Dame Barbara speaking from the Commissioning Show about some of the latest developments from the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, including CCG authorisation and board development.

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the single operating model for the commissioning of primary care services within the NHS. The new system will come into effect from 1 April 2013. At this date, the NHS Commissioning Board will take on many of the current functions of PCTs with regard to the commissioning of […]

NHS Commissioning Board Authority Chief Operating Officer Ian Dalton and Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh have shared the outcome of the work to agree the geographies that the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) local area teams will serve, as well as the outcome of related work to confirm the number, and coverage, of clinical […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHS CBA) and Monitor are keen to hear the views of stakeholders at this week’s NHS Confederation Conference (20-22 June 2012) on the development of a Choice and Competition Framework. The aim of the Framework is to help commissioners understand when competition could be used as an effective way to […]

A comprehensive, new CCG learning and support web tool has been published to support CCGs as they prepare for authorisation, the clinical leadership of commissioning and their development beyond authorisation. It provides access to the development resources that meet current learning needs and which every proposed CCG can expect to be able to access during […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published ‘Clinical commissioning group authorisation: Draft guide for assessors undertaking desk top review’.  It is an accompaniment to ‘Clinical commissioning group authorisation: Draft guide for applicants’ and covers: the overarching principles, approach  and methodology of the assessment  process; the key stages of assessment, and the requisite outputs of each stage; […]

The board of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority has today agreed the proposed configuration and member practices for 212 proposed clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). This information, along with the publication of the indicative running cost allowances for 2013/14, will enable proposed CCGs to develop their organisations ready for authorisation and establishment in April 2103. There […]

The report of a customer survey, which was carried out with proposed clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and NHS commissioning support services (CSSs) has been published today. The findings show that the over 90% of proposed CCGs are very or quite confident that the arrangements they are putting in place for commissioning support will allow them […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has today published a briefing note on the indicative running costs allowances for 212 proposed CCGs for 2013-14. The running costs allowance for CCGs has already been set at up to £25 per head of population per year. This limit meets the requirement to reduce system wide administration costs by […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the proposed configuration and member practices for 212 proposed CCGs for the first time. This is a major step forward in the work to establish the new clinical commissioning landscape by April 2013, and, along with the publication of the running cost allowances, will enable proposed CCGs to […]