Written question asked by Iain Wright (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 July 2010. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS Commissioning Board

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 July 2010, Official Report, columns 661-81, on NHS White Paper, (1) what the expected governance model is for the NHS Commissioning Board;

Answer: The White Paper, ““Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS””, published on 12 July stated the Government's intention to establish an independent NHS Commissioning Board.As set out in the White Paper, it is the Government's intention that the Secretary of State will be obliged to set out objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board on an annual basis, including improvements against agreed outcome indicators, against which the performance of the board will be evaluated. We envisage that the NHS Commissioning Board will be required to report annually on how it has performed against those objectives.We intend to introduce legislation to establish the NHS Commissioning Board later this year. The Health Bill will set out further details about how members of the board will be appointed, provision as to the terms of their appointment, their remuneration and how they will be held to account.The Department will be consulting over the summer on the indicators that would be appropriate to use to use to assess the outcomes achieved by the Commissioning Board.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 9293; 514 c433-4W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: NHS White Paper
Monday, 12 July 2010
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Subjects: NHS Commissioning Board
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