Commissioning Business Service

The Commissioning Business Service (CBS) was created by the Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts to support them in the development of the commissioning activities as a stand alone agency along management consultancy lines An early key requirement for the CBS was to convert elements of the commissioning process into a series of services and products, defined in terms of what is to be provided, directed at what the PCT requires, delivered within an accredited process to ensure that quality of service can be monitored, and with clear differentials between core and optional (costed) services. The primary objective of the CBS is to place the capabilities, processes and systems required to underpin intelligent, effective and efficient commissioning directly into the hands of commissioning and contract performance practitioners. Consequently, we have created a spine of process systems to support and guide activities through the commissioning cycle, populated and supported by a growing knowledge bank of health data, care pathway specifications, service tender documents and templates, accredited provider information, contract document suites, utilising and recording performance and contract management data. We provide training, consultancy support and direct engagement in the use of the processes made available through this system architecture.