by Andy Cowper on 26th January 2012
The NHS Commissioning Board has published its paper on its own organisational design (yes it is a bit meta-). Key points: The NHS CB will have a single operating model. There will be four commissioning sectors based on the areas now covered by the SHA clusters, employing a total of around 200 staff. There will... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 23rd January 2012
NHS Alliance Chair’s New Year Message – January 2012 – Worse than having no expectations is when expectations are dashed Many know the path, few actually walk it – Buddha A very Happy New Year to NHS Alliance members, to the clinical commissioning groups and their leaders and also to the 800 delegates who joined... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 9th January 2012
DH director-general of commissioning and NHS Commissioning Board director-designate Dame Barbara Hakin took part in a NHS Institute seminar or the route to CCG authorisation on Monday 19 January 2012, and the details in this article draw on her comments in that session. Audio and slides from the session can be found here. Dr Hakin... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 6th January 2012
Introduction On Wednesday 4 January 2011 at 19.30, Achieving Commissioning Excellence held our first online seminar on the subject of CCG size, shape and configuration. Participants included NHS Alliance director of commissioning Julie Wood, Richard Alsop of Nene Commissioning and Stewart Findlay of Durham Dales Consortia. Richard Alsop, chief commissioning officer of Nene Commissioning opened... Read more »
