Some 95% of clinical commissioning groups have now finalised their boundaries and decided which GP practices will be included, according to NHS Chief executive Sir David Nicholson.

NHS chief executive, Sir David Nicholson has announced that CCGs are already controlling some 50 per cent of the £60 billion commissioning budget. He told yesterday's NHS Alliance annual conference:...

The only person in our list to have a ‘challenge’ named after him, the chief executive of the NHS, who has held the role since 2006, has shown an impressive degree of resilience.

GP pathfinder leaders have implored ministers to ensure clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) do not have their hands tied by excessive bureaucracy from the new NHS Commissioning Board.

Read the letter from NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson setting out plans for the next stage of the transition towards GP commissioning, and backtracking on plans to introduce price competition.