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 Secretary of State holds regular accountability meetings with Professor Malcolm Grant, Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority, usually on a bi-monthly basis.  These meetings are also attended by Sir David Nicholson in his role of Chief Executive of the Board Authority. The Secretary of State has decided that the minutes for these meetings […]

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has today published its business plan covering the period from April 2012 until October 2012. Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive, NHS Commissioning Board Authority said: “The overall aim of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority is to lay the strong foundations for the successful establishment and operation of the NHS Commissioning […]

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley sets out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account. Read more on the Department of Health website See the letter from Andrew Lansley to Professor Malcolm Grant, Chairman, NHS Commissioning Board Authority.

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 today completed the recruitment of its national leadership team with the appointment of Tim Kelsey as National Director for Patients and Information. Tim is currently Executive Director of Transparency and Open Data for HM Government where he has been responsible for government policy on transparency and open government. Previously, […]

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, at the Birmingham University Edgbaston campus, on Thursday 31st May 2012 from 10.30am to 1.00pm in the: Nicolson Building (next to) Winterbourne House & Botanical Gardens 58 Edgbaston Park […]

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 […]

Each of the 211 proposed clinical commissioning groups have agreed a place in one of four waves for their authorisation applications. The waves are: Wave 1 NHS Bassetlaw CCG NHS Blackpool CCG NHS Bedfordshire CCG NHS Calderdale CCG NHS Cumbria CCG NHS Dudley CCG NHS East and North Herts CCG NHS East Leicestershire & Rutland […]