{"id":66152,"date":"2016-01-07T12:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a3bb18f568b58d94d793c92262c6d4f6"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:22:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:22:49","slug":"news-story-civil-news-ccms-upgrade-saves-time-and-improves-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66152","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: CCMS upgrade saves time and improves navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A CCMS upgrade is being released to introduce an improved merits section for users. This began on 6 January 2016 and firms will be brought online alphabetically by organisation\/firm name. <\/p>\n<p>The new merits section will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>halve the overall number of screens in the merits interview<\/li>\n<li>enable users to track their progress through the merits interview and<\/li>\n<li>allow users to navigate back and forward to different sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are a CCMS user, we\u2019ll email you when you are given access to this upgrade. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"why-use-this-upgraded-version\">Why use this upgraded version?<\/h3>\n<p>Those testing the upgrade confirmed that the merits interview is much improved in terms of time spent on the merits interview, navigation and progress tracking. <\/p>\n<p>So if you haven\u2019t already started using the system, now is a good time as CCMS will not change significantly before it becomes fully mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now processing CCMS applications faster than paper applications. With over 65% of applications coming in electronically, we have arranged for more staff to work on CCMS cases.  <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"training\">Training<\/h3>\n<p>Training materials and screen shots showing the main upgrade changes are available on the CCMS website \u2013 links below.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve already done the relevant training, you won\u2019t need to repeat this &#8211; the changes are navigational and not process changes. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"information-and-feedback\">Information and feedback<\/h3>\n<p>Training: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/ccmstraining.justice.gov.uk\/\">CCMS website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your feedback on the upgrade: visit the link on the upgraded CCMS homepage or email us at <a href=\"mailto:CCMS.team@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">CCMS.team@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technical queries: 0203 334 6664<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrade improves merits section for applications on Client and Cost Management System (CCMS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}