Improving the Health and Wellbeing of People with Learning Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Guide for Clinical Commissioning Groups has been published on the Improving Health and Lives website The guide has been written to help CCGs: commission high quality, cost effective general and specialist health services for people with learning disabilities; jointly commission services for people who […]

Dates have been agreed for the key parts of the clinical commissioning group (CCG) authorisation process. Meetings have been set up for each wave of CCGs for: the moderation panel which makes recommendations as to whether a CCG should be fully authorised or authorised with conditions; the conditions panel which considers what support is required […]

Lunchtime session: Wednesday 17 October. Log on from 12:00; the webinar runs from 12:15 – 13:00 The next event in a series of webinar sessions for CCG clinical leaders will take place on Wednesday 17 October. The webinars with the NHS CB’s National Director: Commissioning Development, Dame Barbara Hakin are designed to allow her to […]

The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the appointment of Professor Juliet Beal to Director of Nursing: Quality Improvement and Care. Professor Juliet Beal, previously Director of Nursing (East) at NHS South of England, will be responsible for ensuring that care, compassion and patient experience are at the heart of nursing and midwifery in the health […]

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 […]