Next in my list of Top 10 Elements of Commissioning is No. 5, owner support. Last month’s column, No. 6, owner’s operation and maintenance (O&M) participation, touched on the importance of the owner’s ...

This is my last installment about virtual (remote) retro-commissioning. As we come out of the pandemic, this process may continue to be an option for building owners on tight budgets and/or with ...

With the government putting off ‘externalisation’ of commissioning support until 2016 and with CCGs anecdotally being encouraged not to look beyond the NHS offering, because of the potential ...

Choice of commissioning support – promised to GPs as long ago as last summer – has become a key point of tension between emerging clinical commissioning groups and the Government. Many GP ...

Early draft guidance for emerging GP cluster groups stresses that councils should expect them to at least maintain existing joint commissioning arrangements, and work to accelerate joint health and ...

Kingston CCG is satisfied with the service from its commissioning support unit, but chief officer David Smith believes commissioners will soon demand real choice - and councils may be among those in ...