NHS Commissioning Board Authority goes live
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- Published: Saturday, 17 December 2011 19:59
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| The NHS Commissioning Board Authority, a special health authority and the shadow form of the NHS Commissioning Board, is now in operation. Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive designate said: ‘Building this new system over the next two years, while delivering for our patients, increasing productivity and improving the quality of care, is a major challenge'. |
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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. These will include commissioning all NHS dental services
It will also work in partnership with clinical commissioning group leaders, GPs and the Department of Health to agree the method for establishing, authorising and running clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
In addition, the Board Authority will create the infrastructure and organise the resources to allow the NHS Commissioning Board to operate successfully 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 improve patient outcomes, by supporting, developing and performance managing an effective system of 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. Sir David Nicholson summarised this purpose as: ‘Using the £80 billion commissioning budget to secure the best possible outcomes for NHS patients.’
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