Role of Joint Commissioning Board. The parties will commission the services specified in Schedule 1 through the strategic direction of the HCICB. The administrative work involved in implementing the decisions taken by the HCICB and in undertaking the commissioning arrangements for these services shall be under the overall direction of the Lead Commissioner through the Director of Integrated Commissioning. The parties may at their discretion after approval by the HCICB either make their own commissioning arrangements or instruct the Joint Commissioning Board to make such arrangements as may be required in relation to the services. The Joint Commissioning Board shall oversee the integrated commissioning arrangements operated between the parties for the purposes of implementing this agreement and CHANGE shall be an ad hoc administrative arrangement for which the Director of Integrated Commissioning shall have day-to-day operational responsibility. The parties may direct the Joint commissioning Board to issue contracts for the services in accordance with the strategic direction of the HCICB and, subject to any agreements between the parties as to the use of capitation and outcomes-related payments or in relation to costs under the Pooled Fund, such contracts shall be on such terms as are consistent with the directions of the HCICB as interpreted by the parties in relation to each contract.
Role of Joint Commissioning Board. The role of the Joint Commissioning Board is:
