Responsible Commissioner: making sense of the new rules and guidance

The rules concerning the identification of the responsible commissioner are complex.

Commissioners have the Responsibilities and Standing Rules Regulations 2012 the Disapplication of Responsibility Regulations 2012 and now NHS England's draft guidance Who pays 'Determining responsibility for payments to providers: Rules and guidance for clinical commissioning groups'.

But where does this leave you? What has changed? Where do you find the familiar rules?

We have produced a briefing to cut through the pages of small print and sets out where CCGs will stand in the new world order when it comes to planning and securing services for patients.

Read our briefing in full.