by Andy Cowper on 12th February 2013
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 13 February 2013, and the subject is ‘Co-commissioning between providers and commissioners, including GP providers as well as acute’. The session will examine the personal relationships that create good commissioning, and how to put the ‘co-mission’ into commissioning. It will pose searching questions, in... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 8th January 2013
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 16 January 2013, and the subject is ‘Looking forward to developing clinical commissioning’. The end of 2012 saw Wave 1 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) authorised – most without major conditions, and almost a quarter with no conditions at all. Meanwhile, commissioning support units (CSUs)’... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 3rd December 2012
Achieving Commissioning Excellence has published our second issue of ‘ACE Focus’ on CCG assurance post-authorisation, and can be downloaded in PDF form here, and the online text of each article accessed through the links following below. The title of this issue is ‘Assurance and reassurance: CCGs’ relationship with the NHS Commissioning Board and its Local... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 16th October 2012
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 31 October 2012, and the subject is ‘Lessons from CCG authorisation so far’. The session follows from the publication of the first in a new series of publications offering key lessons for CCG leaders. This first ‘ACE Focus’ draws together lessons from the first... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 6th September 2012
Our latest online seminar was held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 5 September 2012, with Bob Ricketts, NHSCB Director of Commissioning Support Strategy and Market Development The ‘Any Qualified Provider’ (AQP) aspects of the 2012 Health And Social Care Act were controversial, and much clarification remains required on the rules and regulations that will make the... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 21st August 2012
Our most recent online seminar was held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 15 August 2012, on the subject ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about governance (but were afraid to ask)’. Not unsurprisingly, the leaders of clinical commissioning group pathfinders have been very keen to ensure they they are making the best possible preparations for solid... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 20th August 2012
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 5 September 2012, and the subject is ‘How to use AQP to deliver what you want’. The ‘Any Qualified Provider’ (AQP) aspects of the 2012 Health And Social Care Act were controversial, and much clarification remains required on the rules and regulations that will... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 30th July 2012
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 15 August 2012, and the subject is ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about governance (but were afraid to ask). Not unsurprisingly, the leaders of clinical commissioning group pathfinders have been very keen to ensure they they are making the best possible preparations for... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 17th July 2012
Our next online seminar will be held at 19.30-20.15 on Wednesday 25 July 2012, and the subject is ‘About commissioning support’ The importance of the emerging commissioning support services has become ever-clearer, with confirmation that the remaining 23b CSS (set to employ 8,000 NHS managers) will all go through the remaining checkpoints. Joe Rafferty’s recent... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 4th July 2012
The DH today published its draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board for consultation. There are twelve consultation questions in this draft mandate (these are also listed in the accompanying consultation document), five of which are overarching: 1. Will the mandate drive a culture which puts patients at the heart of everything the NHS does?... Read more »
