The Vale of York Care commissioning Group (CCG) is now is now subject to “financial special measures”.

Dr Mark Hayes announced this evening he is standing down as the leader and accountable officer of the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 

Dr Hayes was the Labour candidate in the Selby constituency at the last General Election.

“The Vale of York CCG will be directed to:

• appoint a new Accountable Officer with the involvement of NHS England,
• involve NHS England in appointments to its Executive Team and the next tier of management and
• act on the issues that have been identified related to capacity, capability, financial governance and financial recovery,

with the implementation of a plan that addresses these within a timescale agreed by NHS England”.

The group is responsible for “buying” healthcare from professional organisations around the area (including GPs and hospitals).

The news comes as the CCG admitted a possible cumulative deficit of £13.4m for this year.

It comes a year after doctors supported a motion of no confidence in the management of the Group.

The 2015-16 ratings for all CCGs in the country were also published today, with 10 rated ‘outstanding’, 82 rated ‘good’, 91 rated ‘requires improvement’ and 26 rated ‘inadequate’.

York was rated as inadequate.

There has been a lack of stability in the local NHS over recent years with most recently a crisis developing in the provision of mental health services.

Nationally five trusts and nine CCGs have been put in the intervention regime, which forms part of a long awaited package of “reset” measures designed to get the NHS’s finances and accident and emergency performance back on track.