NHS Midlands & East commissioning resources

 Website - Clinical Commissioning – NHS Midlands & East

• A website for Clinical Commissioning in the east of England, east Midlands, and west Midlands, where emerging clinical commissioners will find information and resources to support on their journey to authorisation.
• See the Newsletter

Authorisation guide update, October 2012

Clinical Commissioning Group Authorisation: Guide for applicants, Updated October 2012
NHS Commissioning Board, October 2012

• Includes a description of the Domains of authorisation, Authorisation Process, Application Timetable, Authorisation Outcomes
• Annex A – Application form template 47
• Annex B – Key submissions 58
• Annex C – 360° stakeholder survey 70
• Annex D – Legal requirements for authorisation 72
• Annex E – Support available 76
• Annex F – Glossary of terms 83

NHS Midlands & East website

Clinical Commissioning – NHS Midlands & East

• A website for Clinical Commissioning in the east of England, east Midlands, and west Midlands, with information and resources to support CCG authorisation.
• See the latest Newsletter

Authorisation update

Final authorisation decision-making process
NHS Commissioning Board, 20 September 2012

• A Board paper seeks the approval of the Board to further proposals on how the moderation, conditions and decision elements of the CCG authorisation process will operate.

Sustainability guide

A Guide to Sustainable Development for Clinical Commissioning Groups
NHS Sustainable Development Unit, RCGP, August 2011

• This document is designed to help CCGs establish commissioning structures and processes that will deliver business profitability, longevity and resilience in a rapidly changing world.
• "Commissioning for Sustainable Development” is the process by which commissioners improve both the sustainability of an organisation, and the way it provides services and interacts with people in the community. It is about striking the right balance between the three key areas of financial, social and environmental sustainability when making commissioning decisions. 
• Commissioning for Sustainable Development: 
• saves money
• saves resources 
• benefits staff and patients

Draft guide for CCG assessors

CCG authorisation: Draft guide for assessors undertaking desk top review.
NHS Commissioning Board, 1 June 2012

• An accompaniment to CCG authorisation: Draft guide for applicants including:
•  the overarching principles, approach and methodology of the assessment process;
• the key stages of assessment, and  the requisite outputs of each stage; 
• the published domain definitions, criteria and authorisation thresholds as set out in the applicants’ guide and how to assess CCG evidence submissions against them.

CCG learning portal

CCG learning and support tool
NHS Commissioning Board, June 2012

• A series of web pages signposting the key learning and development opportunities available to proposed CCGs organised by the domains of authorisation. 
• Includes resources for individual leaders, senior teams, governing bodies, extended teams and Whole CCGs 
• Resources from key national bodies includingthe NHS Commissioning Board Authority, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the NHS Leadership Academy and the NHS Alliance / NAPC.

Proposed CCG configuration

CCG configuration and member practices 
NHS Commissioning Board, 25 May 2012

• The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the proposed configuration and member practices for 212 proposed CCGs.

Bulletin for Proposed CCGs no2

 Bulletin for Proposed CCGs No 2 

 NHS Commissioning Board, 24 May 2012

• Proposed CCG configuration and member practices published 
• CCG indicative running cost allowances 
• CCG authorisation waves agreed 
• CCG authorisation: Wave 1 workshops 
• CCG authorisation: Recruitment of assessors
• Assessment centres and development process underway 
• Commissioning support services pass second stage of review
• Communications and engagement commissioning support services 
• Commissioning support: Informed customer events for CCGs 
• NHS Commissioning Board: New appointments and organisational design 
• Any qualified provider 
• Payment by results: a new guide 
• Free places offered to CCGs at commissioning conferences

Authorisation process - a description

Authorisation process for CCGs
NHS Commissioning Board, 10 May 2012

• A letter and a set of slides which describe the authorisation process for CCGs.

See also - NHS Commissioning Board Resources for authorisation

CCG model constitution from London LMCs

Londonwide Clinical Commissioning Group model constitution

Londonwide LMCs, April 2012

• A Word template for London CCGs

See also the Model constitution framework from the NHS Commissioning Board 

CCG Authorisation: Draft Applicants' Guide

A number of papers relating to CCG authorisation and development have been published as Board papers for the National Commissioning Board meeting on 13 April 2012 including:

• CCG Authorisation : Draft guide for applicants
• Recruitment Strategy 
• An Integrated Finance and Accounting System 
• Emergency Planning 

Also
Have a look at the article in HSJ (26 March 2012) on "CCG authorisation requirements and timetable requirements." The article includes links to a Department of Health presentation and NHS Institute Handbook.

CCG authorisation requirements

CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed
Health Service Journal, 26 March 2012

• According to this HSJ article the CCG authorisation process will involve submitting evidence including a series of “case studies”, a “360 degree review”, and a “desktop review” and “site visit” by the board.
• Requirements are detailed in an CCG authorisation presentation and a separate document compiled by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

Hempsons CCG update

Hempsons Healthcare: CCG Update 
Hempsons, January 2012

• A legal take on authorisation, the application of competition law, employment law implications of the hand-over of commissioning responsibilities to CCGs, and details of free seminars on procurement law.

NHS Commissioning Board papers 2 Feb 2012

The following documents were ratified by the NHS Commissioning Board on 2 Feb 2012

•  Board papers of the NHS CB first Board meeting,  including Organizational Design of the NHS Commissioning Board, Commissioning Support organisations and governance and authorization of CC:
• Towards establishment: Creating responsive and accountable clinical commissioning
  groups
• Developing commissioning support: Towards service excellence
• Developing clinical commissioning groups: Towards authorisation

CCG governance guide

Good governance for clinical commissioning groups: An introductory guide from the Commissioning Foundation
National Association of Primary Care and KPMG, 9 Dec 2011

• "A practical guide for CCGs on how to build governance into their new commissioning organisations. The contents are presented simply and clearly in a way that is useful to CCGs, as they prepare themselves for the authorisations process"

CCG authorisation process

The Authorisation Process,
BMA General Practitioners Committee, November 2011

• A outline of the process by which CCGs are deemed ready and able to take on responsibility for the commissioning process and budget .  The document:
• discusses the six domains of competence for CCGs that the Government has identified;
• highlights issues for general practitioners (GPs) and Local Medical Committees (LMCs) to consider and
• provides examples of how a competent and successful CCG should operate.
• One of a series of documents designed help doctors understand commissioning in a changing NHS.

PCT functions

List of PCT functions drawn up to aid formation of GP consortia (14pp)
PCT Network, September 2010

• A list of the functions of PCTs compiled by the PCT Network to aid discussions over the future transfer of commissioning powers with fledgling GP consortia.