Data fit for commissioning online resources

Overview

This area of the PRIMIS+ website aims to provide documents and links to useful websites, published to support the information needs and requirements of clinical commissioning groups.

The NHS 2010 White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS and the supporting consultation document Equality and excellence: Commissioning for patients set out government proposals for changes to NHS commissioning through the creation of GP consortia. A review of the proposed changes by the NHS Future Forum led to a revision of recommendations, including a change of name from consortia to 'Clinical Commissioning Groups' (CCGs) to reflect the proposed wider professional involvement in commissioning decisions. The Health and Social Care Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 19 January 2011 and reached the stage of second reading in the House of Lords in October 2011. The Health and Social Care Bill returned to the Lords for its Report stage on 8 February 2012. This is the penultimate stage in the Lords, before the Third Reading, following which the Bill – as amended by the Lords – will return to the Commons for MPs to consider any amendments that have been made.

CCGs will be formed from groups of GP practices and be responsible for commissioning the majority of NHS services for the whole population within their boundaries. Commissioners will have a duty to promote integrated health and social care around the needs of users. Pathfinder CCGs were created to explore different ways of working and give clinical commissioners the freedom to test out local solutions and working relationships. In October 2011 a sixth cohort of Pathfinder CCGs was announced bringing the total to 266.

Guidelines relating to governance and accountability of commissioning groups have been published. Each CCG will have a governing body and be accountable to the NHS Commissioning Board. There is some flexibility concerning the structure of CCGs, however, Primary Care Trusts will cease to exist in April 2013 and by this date all GP practices must be members of an established CCG (full or shadow). The majority are expected to be authorised for full budgetary responsibility by the NHS Commissioning Board by this time.

Over time this area will be populated with information, reports and other resources that focus on issues relating to the information needs and requirements of clinical commissioning groups, highlighting potential sources of data, and strategies for ensuring good data quality.

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DISCLAIMER

The materials contained on this website are being made available to you by PRIMIS+ as a service bringing together relevant resources from different sources.

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