The Secretary of State for Health is to consult with the NHS Commissioning Board Authority on the recommendations of the Clinical Advisory Group for Prescribed Services for the commissioning of specialised health services. The Department of Health has announced that Ministers have accepted in full the recommendations of the advisory group and published its report […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the latest set of Organisation Patient Safety Incident data. The figures show that the number of patient safety incidents in England that occurred between 1 October 2011 and 31 March 2012 and were submitted to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) by 31 May 2012 was 612,414. […]

Working with CCGs and others, the NHS Commissioning Board Authority has developed a series of procurement briefings for CCGs that summarise the key elements of legislation and guidance currently governing NHS procurement of healthcare services. These briefings also provide an overview of the different procurement approaches that CCGs may adopt and outlines some of the […]

The CCG authorisation governance process is set to be finalised at the NHS Commissioning Board Authority’s meeting in Newcastle on 20 September. A paper seeks the approval of the Board to further proposals on how the moderation, conditions and decision elements of the CCG authorisation process will operate. A key proposal is to share the […]

The next board meeting will take place on Thursday 20 September 2012 from 11am to 1pm at the North East SHA, Waterfront 4, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY. 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 12 noon on Wednesday 19th September 2012. […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published interim advice on arrangements to secure children’s and adult safeguarding, which provides additional information, in particular, to emerging clinical commissioning groups.  A covering letter reminds PCTs and SHAs of the vital importance of maintaining appropriate arrangements as the health system goes through transition. The interim advice, with a […]

Patient Safety First and the Clinical Board for Surgical Safety* are hosting Safer Surgery Week, beginning on 24th of September. All Trusts in England are using the Surgical Safety Checklist in order to provide safer surgical care. However, we know through our work that more still needs to be done to eradicate perioperative never events, and to […]

The high level configuration of the fourth set of ‘scale’ commissioning support services – communications and engagement services – has been agreed. Four communications collaboratives will go forward with a lead commissioning support unit (CSU) in each: Communications collaborative Lead CSU North of England West Yorkshire CSU Midlands and East of England Birmingham, Black Country […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has announced the appointment of two director posts: Steve Fairman, currently Director of Improvement & Efficiency, NHS South of England has been appointed Director of Improvement, Development and QIPP; and Felicity Cox, currently Chief Executive, NHS Bedfordshire and Luton PCT Cluster, has been appointed Local Area Team Director for Kent […]

The authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) is on schedule, with the receipt on 3 September of applications from CCGs in wave 2. All 67 proposed CCGs in the second wave have submitted their applications to the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, which is responsible for supporting the development of CCGs as they move through […]