NHS Commissioning Board

NHS plans for offender commissioning outlined

As part of the restructuring of the health service, the NHS Commissioning Board (CB) will have national responsibility for healthcare in secure environments. These include: 120 prisons 16 Secure Children’s Homes 4 Secure Training Centres 12 Immigration Removal Centres Police Custody … Continue reading

Will commissioners respond to feedback?

A date for your editorial diary in the latest briefing from the NHS Commissioning Board, on one specific pledge being made on health services: “All NHS patients should have the opportunity to leave feedback, in real time, on any service, … Continue reading

What standard to hold health service providers to? A consultation to watch

Consultations are always useful sources of information, background, and analysis of a particular sector. The NHS Commissioning Board recently launched a consultation on “service specifications and clinical policies”. These, they say, are “important in clearly defining what the NHS Commissioning Board … Continue reading

NHS Commissioning Board livestreams its board meetings

Transparency is supposed to be a key element of the new clinical commissioning NHS system – something we’ll be looking closely at. So it’s encouraging to see that the new NHS Commissioning Board has been livestreaming its board meetings, then … Continue reading

What’s your local CCG doing? A quick guide

Philip John is one of the users of Help Me Investigate looking at his local clinical commissioning group (CCG), for which there isn’t much information (there isn’t even a website). Here’s why: CCGs are being authorised in four waves, which … Continue reading

25 clinical commissioning-related accounts on Twitter

Having previously identified 20 useful sources for CCG-related news, here are 25 Twitter accounts to follow if you want to know what’s happening with clinical commissioning: NHS Leicester City – @NHSLeicester: “Leicester City CCG takes over health commissioning from NHS Leicester City … Continue reading