Corporate Governance in difficult times – Who can do what?

Corporate Governance in difficult times – Who can do what?
Mills & Reeve 19 March 2020

• The ins and outs of continuity of corporate life and meetings for health bodies including CCGs and Trusts. Including
• Can your Board (or Governing Body) still meet?
• Ineffective Committees
• Acting up
• Directions (help from head office) - the Secretary of State already has sweeping powers to take the health service (including CCGs) under central command by issuing directions under s253 of the National Health Service Act 2006 if “he considers by reason of an emergency that it is appropriate to do so”.

Note, this article was published before:
The Exercise of Commissioning Functions by the NHS Commissioning Board (Coronavirus) Directions 2020, Directions given to the National Health Service Commissioning Board (DHSC 23 March 2020) which enable NHS England to exercise functions of CCGs, including commissioning healthcare from independent sector providers, to support the provision of services by the NHS to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.