NHS Commissioning Board - goes live

Information!

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority is now in operation.

Subject to the successful passage of the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 through Parliament, over the next 12 months the Board Authority will work in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) leaders, GPs and the Department of Health to agree the method for establishing, authorising and running CCGs.

In addition, the Board Authority will create the infrastructure and organise the resources to allow the NHS Commissioning Board to operate as an independent body from October 2012 (subject to the successful passage of the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 through Parliament).

The central role of the new Board will be to support, develop and performance manage Clinical Commissioning Groups. The Board will also take responsibility for commissioning services that can only be provided efficiently and effectively at a national or a regional level.

Subject to successful passage of the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 through Parliament, it is anticipated the NHS Commissioning Board will become fully operational on 1 April 2013, when it takes on its complete legal responsibilities for managing the NHS Commissioning System.

Find out more on the NHS Commissioning Board Authority website: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk

For more infomation contact: Rich Beckwith at the Kent LINk  Telephone: 01303 297050 / 07969 468507 or by  Email: richard@kmn-ltd.co.uk