Basically he is covering anything that they can use to get out of . It really is f'cked up when the boss of the NHS has to do this.
You really do fail to understand that you are lucky to have a CCG that will move, the majority won't hence the legislation, Simon Stevens must be pissed off at his guidelines failing for him to bring in legislation. If he couldn't make them change one individual certainly isn't going to unless the CCG are weak. The majority don't seem to be and as Terry found out WCS are stuck unable to do anything as the CCG holds the purse strings.
All very interesting. But this is from the perspective of you, who seems to be all hung up on technicalities. My CCG had nothing to do with it. They hadnt even heard of it when I made them pay out for me, both as an original pilot scheme (where the local authority/council just added the money to my direct payments as the only way they could figure out to legally provide the money). Or later (last 2 payments where the WCS funded it from god knows where) and I am now on my 4th patment. Yet my CCG STILL have not approved or agreed anthing. If you ask about it they are still bewildered.
Theres still only me in grimsby. Why? Because I dont worry about all the technicalities and dont get hung up on them. I just pushed them (WCS) for what their own remit says they were supposed to be doing. You are listening to all their excuses. Thats all THEIR problem not yours. Excuses.