NHS group given official approval

THE powerful group of GPs set to take over spending responsibility for NHS cash in York has been given official approval by health service bosses.

Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which officially comes into existence on April 1, is one of 62 shadow organisations to receive the outcome of their applications for authorisation from the NHS Commissioning Board today.

Dr Mark Hayes, chief clinical officer for NHS Vale of York CCG, said: “We welcome the Commissioning Board’s decision to authorise NHS Vale of York CCG.”

However, with the CCG set to inherit a share of a historic £12 million health deficit in North Yorkshire, he said: “We fully expected to receive a handful of conditions and feel these are reasonable in light of our current stage of development and given the history of the area, particularly in relation to finance. We have nine conditions in total, and we will continue working to see that each of these are removed as soon as possible.”

Comments(3)

g3vgh says...
5:10pm Thu 21 Feb 13

What are the 9 conditions applied by the Commissioning Board. Also It would of use to know the names of the members of the CCG together with a brief resume of their individual qualifications and experience to serve on the CCG. How long do members serve on the Group before an evaluation of each individuals performance is reviewed and published.

Paul Meoff says...
7:00pm Thu 21 Feb 13

g3vgh wrote:
What are the 9 conditions applied by the Commissioning Board. Also It would of use to know the names of the members of the CCG together with a brief resume of their individual qualifications and experience to serve on the CCG. How long do members serve on the Group before an evaluation of each individuals performance is reviewed and published.
Never heard of google? http://www.valeofyor
kccg.nhs.uk/about-us
/our-governing-body/

Digeorge says...
4:54pm Sat 23 Feb 13

I thought this NHS Commissioning Board was due to come into 'effect' in April 2013. Lots of jobs there not even filled.

Better get going on the work then as it is now February.

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