14.06.12
NHSCC launched to support commissioners
A new membership service for CCGs has been launched by the NAPC, NHS Alliance and the NHS Confederation.
The service – NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) – will bring leaders together to share their knowledge, offer support to enable commissioning and represent their voice.
Over the next few weeks, all CCGs seeking authorisation will be invited to join the NHSCC and full details of membership will be revealed at the end of September this year. Subscription will be offered on a free trial basis until March 2013.
Dr Charles Alessi, NAPC chair and NHSCC interim chair, said: “These are both exciting and challenging times for primary care. Through this tripartite association, NHSCC is able to provide the voice, the experience and the support to assist CCGs in their journey towards authorisation and beyond to the transformation and modernisation of patient care.
“Through our combined resources, NHSCC will provide CCGs with practical advice, tools and representation to bring about the environment necessary to deliver these challenges. And critically, CCGs will be shaping the future of the NHSCC.”
Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance and interim president, said: “Our work is as much about getting the job done, through authorisation and beyond, as it is about representing CCGs with a strong united front – one which is able to communicate collective views and demand appropriate changes and mechanisms to allow them to fulfil a vision of an NHS that is truly led from the ground up.”
Mike Farrar, NHS Confederation chief executive and NHSCC steering group member, said: “By joining forces and drawing on our collective strengths and expertise, I believe our three organisations can provide a strong platform for CCGs to come together and create this collective voice, as well as helping them connect with the rest of the NHS and wider healthcare care industry. And by pooling our resources, we can offer commissioners the maximum bang for their buck.”
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