First CCGs set take on commissioning of GP services
NHS England has approved the first set of CCGs that will take on responsibility for commissioning the majority of GP services from April this year.
Sixty-four CCGs across the country have been approved to take on greater delegated commissioning responsibility for GP services with the possibility that others may follow. This follows plans set out by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens to give patients, communities and clinicians more scope in deciding how local services are developed. More ...
