NHS appoints first CSS managing directors
pharmafile | July 12, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | Hakin, NHS
The first round of appointments to commissioning support service (CSS) managing director posts has been made by the NHS Commissioning Board Authority.
Nine appointments have been made, while discussions are ongoing with others.
The successful appointees, and their current CSSs, are:
- Robert Bacon – Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Commissioning Support Service
- Stephen Childs – North East Commissioning Support
- Keith Douglas – Commissioning Support South
- Jan Hull – Best West Commissioning Support
- Derek Kitchen – Staffordshire Commissioning Support Service
- Rachel Pearce – Arden Commissioning Support Service
- Andrew Ridley – North Central and East London Commissioning Support Service
- Ming Tang – CSS to be confirmed
- Sarah Whiting – North West London Commissioning Support Service.
At the same time, the Board Authority has announced that all 23 CSSs will now proceed to be hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board from October.
Dame Barbara Hakin (pictured), National director of Commissioning Development, said: “I’m very pleased to announce the first CSS managing director appointments. Many congratulations to the nine successful candidates and their teams; it is a very positive step to see the first appointments to these important new units and enables us now to proceed at pace in putting the full senior management teams in place and, following that, the wider staffing structure.
“These are significant new roles, requiring a very broad set of skills and competencies and it is absolutely essential for the future sustainability of CSSs that we get these appointments right.”
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