NHS Clinical Commissioners, May 2014
- NHS Clinical Commissioners has produced a manifesto for national and local government, system leaders, policymakers and politicians to give confidence that local commissioning works. The mnifesto outlines eight critical asks from the system to ensure CCGs are supported to realise their potential and create a truly transformational NHS. They are:
- Free clinical commissioners to act in the best interests of patients
- Make local system leadership a priority
- Health and wellbeing boards as the focus of joined-up commissioning
- CCGs must not be a risk pool for the NHS
- Support to deliver large-scale transformation at pace
- Connecting national and local commissioning
- Better alignment of local commissioning to healthcare quality and the new inspection regime
- Competition in the NHS in the best interests of patients
