In the latest issue of Public Service Review: Health and Social Care, NHS and Commissioning Board Authority Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, calls for a system to get the best out of the world-class talent to be found in the National Health Service. Read the article.

Our latest public board meeting took place on Friday 13 April 2012. You can see the agenda and papers for the meeting. The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible.  A separate recording of each agenda item which are available to watch below: Item 1 […]

We hold our board meetings in public in the interests of openness and transparency in our decision making. The next public board meeting will take place on Friday 13th April 2012 from 1.00pm to 4.00pm in Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE. If you would like to attend, please register your interest as places […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has announced the appointment of Jane Cummings as Chief Nursing Officer. Jane is currently Chief Nurse for NHS North of England and was previously Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive for NHS North West. Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Sir David Nicholson said: “Jane is well known […]

Thank you for your interest in the post of National Director: Patient Insight. Establishing the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) gives us a great opportunity to develop a brand new organisation that has the culture, style and leadership to truly improve outcomes for our patients. In Developing the NHS Commissioning Board (document is available on our […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has announced the appointment of Paul Baumann as the National Director of Finance. Paul, currently Director of Finance at NHS London, is the seventh of nine National Directors to be appointed to the Board. Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Sir David Nicholson said: “I’m delighted to welcome […]

A draft report and associated model has been published which provides feedback on the results of a large-scale engagement exercise to understand the information and intelligence requirements of emerging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The requirements have been presented in the form of a Commissioning Intelligence Model, which has been developed to facilitate discussions between local […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has confirmed the appointment of the following five National Directors: Chief Operating Officer – Ian Dalton (currently Cluster Chief Executive, NHS North of England) Chief of Staff – Jo-Anne Wass (currently NHS Chief of Staff) National Director: Commissioning Development – Dame Barbara Hakin (currently National Managing Director of Commissioning Development) National Director: […]

Our latest public board meeting took place on the morning of Thursday 2 February 2012. You can see the agenda and papers for the meeting here. As part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible we piloted a live broadcast of the meeting, which can now be seen here  in separate recordings of […]

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has launched its first consultation on potential indicators for the proposed 2013/14 Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF). Comments are invited on 120 indicators, which cover a broad range of topics, including mental health, cancer and asthma. The COF will hold Clinical Commissioning Groups to account for the […]