Guidance for NHS trusts on the NHS friends and family test has been published today by the Department of Health. The guidance details the background, requirements and implications of putting into practice a national friends and family test within the NHS. It aims to support those who will be implementing this work. For more information […]
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. Separate recordings of each agenda item are available to watch below: Part one Part two Part three
The authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) remains on schedule, with the receipt this week of applications from CCGs in wave 3. All 63 proposed CCGs in the third wave have submitted their applications to the NHS Commissioning Board, which is responsible for supporting the development of CCGs as they move through authorisation. The […]
At the NHS Commissioning Board Authority board meeting on 20 September 2012, National Director: HR, Jo-Anne Wass, presented an update on recruitment including a verbal briefing on the number of appointments that have been made. This information has now been published and shows that 101 posts have been filled as at 19 September 2012, with […]
View the livestream The board meeting will be broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. A separate recording of each agenda item will be published on YouTube in the next few days.
The NHS Commissioning Board is formally established today. It is a new independent body with executive powers and exceptional responsibilities. In April 2013 it will take on its full range of responsibilities, and over the next six months will be assessing proposals for authorisation from over 200 new clinical commissioning groups. A great deal of […]
The leadership arrangements for commissioning support services in Lancashire and Cumbria have been finalised. Derek Kitchen, currently Managing Director of Staffordshire CSU, has been appointed Managing Director of Lancashire CSU and will lead the two separate organisations. Cumbria CCG is to source its commissioning support services from North East CSU, whose Managing Director is Stephen […]
The next board meeting will take place on Monday 1 October 2012 from 10.30am to 11am at NHS London, rooms 401/402, 4th floor, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT. If you would like to attend, please register your interest as places are limited. Please contact commissioningboard@nhs.net or call 0113 254 7371, by 4pm on Friday 28th […]
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. View separate recordings of each agenda item which are available to watch below: Item 1: Welcome and opening comments Item 2: NHS Commissioning Board Programme Status Item 3: […]
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has today published its Mandate consultation response – Our NHS care objectives – a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board. Professor Malcolm Grant, Chair, NHS Commissioning Board Authority said: “The mandate is fundamental to the Government’s vision of a ‘liberated NHS’. Putting the NHS Outcomes Framework at the heart of […]