Cover Sheet Clinical Commissioning Groups Date

North West London Collaboration of
Clinical Commissioning Groups
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Cover Sheet: Meeting in Public of North West London Collaboration of
Clinical Commissioning Groups
Date
Thursday, 8th May 2014
Title of paper
North West London CCGs: the future of Collaborative Working Update
Presenter &
Organisation
Rob Larkman, NWL CCGs
Daniel Elkeles, NWL CCGs
Rob Larkman, Chief Officer
Daniel Elkeles, Chief Officer
Rob Larkman, Chief Officer
Author
Responsible director/
Clinical Lead
Confidential
No. These papers are publicly available on the websites of all eight NW London CCGs.
The Collaboration Board is asked to:
Note the contents of the attached and the decisions bought to the meeting.
Summary of purpose and scope of report
1. This paper contains recommendations for the future of Commissioning Support Services which require a final
decision from the eight NW London chairs at a meeting in public on the 8th May 2014. This will build on the
recommendations agreed at the meeting of the collaboration of NW London CCG Chairs on 27th March 2014
and detailed in the paper ‘North West London CCGs: The future of collaborative working’.
2. The detailed analysis and recommendations on the future of Commissioning Support Services are set out in a
publicly available business case. This has been shared in draft form with the NW London CCG chairs, CCG
Governing Bodies, NHS England and NW London Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) during its development.
The completed business case has been emailed to all NWL Governing Bodies.
3. The eight NW London governing bodies have delegated to their Chair the authority to make a final decision on
the recommendations in this paper at a meeting in public together with the other NW London CCG chairs on 8th
May 2014. This authority applies only to the decision making in relation to the commissioning support services
review.
4. These recommendations complement the proposals in relation to the subject of Primary Care Co
Commissioning with NHS England and the agreement of the NW London Financial Strategy to deliver Shaping a
Healthier Future. These proposals were considered and agreed at a meeting of the Collaboration of NW
London CCG Chairs in public on 27th March 2014.
5. The eight North West London CCG chairs are asked to agree the recommendations set out below on behalf
of their Governing Bodies:
North West London Collaboration of
Clinical Commissioning Groups
i.
ii.
iii.
Note the detailed work that has taken place to review the options for the future of commissioning
support services for the eight NWL CSUs;
Approve the preferred option recommended by the business case: to transfer all commissioning
support services out of the CSU to an in-house model;
Note the indicative transition arrangements and that transition will commence immediately following a
decision on the preferred option by the NW London CCG Chairs.
Supporting documents
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North West London CCGs – The future of Collaborative working update
North West London CCGs Commissioning Support Services Business Case
Quality & Safety/ Patient Engagement/ Impact on patient services:
n/a
Equality / Human Rights / Privacy impact analysis
n/a
Financial and resource implications
No additional resources required other than those currently funded by CSU. The financial parts of the papers have
been developed by or with the Chief Finance Officer.
Risk
A more detailed risk register will be developed as part of the next phase and will be brought back to the CCGs.
Governance and reporting
Committee name
Date to discussed
Collaboration of NW London CCG Chairs
Meeting in Public
27 March 2014
th
Outcome
The following recommendations were agreed:
1. Note the work in progress to review the options
for the future commissioning support services
for the 8 NWL CCGs.
2. Take forward a full business case to be
completed by the end of April.
3. Note that NHS England are undertaking an
assurance process of the business case
development and will provide their assessment
to the Governing Bodies prior to the end of April.
4. To agree to assign resources to ensure that the
full business case can be completed by the end
of April.