This letter from Lyn Simpson Director – NHS Operations on behalf of Ian Dalton, Chief Operating Officer NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHS CBA) sets out expectations for maintaining NHS resilience going forward. The letter provides direction to SHA and PCT cluster chief executives as well as NHS CBA Regional Directors of how resilience to respond […]

Our latest public board meeting took place on Thursday 31st May 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. Item 1 – Minutes of previous meeting held on 13 April 2012 Item 2 – NHS Commissioning Board programme update […]

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; […]

On 1 June 2012 the key functions and expertise for patient safety transfer to the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHS CBA) from the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). This will ensure patient safety is at the heart of the NHS and will build on the learning and expertise developed by the NPSA, driving patient safety […]

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 […]