Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group

Cathy Mitchell – Local Chief OfficerBorderline & Peterborough Local

Commissioning Groups

How has the NHS changed and why?•On 1 April 2013, the NHS changed so that local doctors, nurses, medical professionals and patients can have more influence on how and what the NHS spends its money on.

What is the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)?

•From April 2013, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group took over responsibility for Commissioning – planning and buying healthcare services for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and parts of Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire.

•The CCG is led by doctors and other health professionals who make decisions about local health services .

•The CCG has 108 member practices and 820 member GPs .

What is a Local Commissioning Group(LCG)?

• In Cambridgeshire and Peterborough local GPs have formed Local Commissioning Groups (LCGs).

• Every GP practice across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (plus 2 in Northamptonshire and 3 in Hertfordshire), is now a member of one of 8 LCGs.

• Peterborough Local Commissioning Group is one of the 8 LCGs with 20 member practices. This will ensure a local focus when decisions about health services are made.

• This means decision making will be shifted closer to patients.• These LCGs are members of the Cambridgeshire and

Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

8 Local Commissioning Groups (LCGs) within CCG

BorderlinePeterboroughCam HealthCATCHHunts HealthHunts Care PartnersIsle of ElyWisbech

Peterborough Local Commissioning Group 20 practices with patient population of 137,266

Lincoln Road surgery

Ailsworth Medical Practice

Botolph Bridge CHC

Bushfield Medical Practice

Dogsthorpe Medical Centre

Hodgson Medical Centre

Huntly Grove Practice

Millfield Medical Centre

Minster Medical Practice

North Street Medical Practice

Park Medical Centre

Parnwell Medical Centre

Paston Health Centre

Grange Medical Centre

Thomas Walker Surgery

Thistlemoor Medical Centre

Thorpe Road Surgery

Welland Medical Practice

Westgate Surgery Westwood Clinic

National Commissioning Board Local Area Team

Health & Wellbeing Boards

Hospitals and community service providers

Local Authorities

HealthWatches

8 Local Commissioning Groups(LCG)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical

Commissioning Group (CCG)

Health Scrutiny Committees

Patient Reference Group(CCG)Patient Forums, Practice Patient Groups

Who does Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) link with

Our Priorities

The CCG bought together all the GPs at a clinical meeting to discuss all the issues and concerns they had regarding the health of the local population. From this, the following 3 priorities were identified:

•Improving services for people that are frail and elderly

•End of Life Care

•Reducing Inequalities in Coronary Heart Disease

The LCG and CCG will focus on what is important to patients by:

• Listening to their needs and views• Improving co-ordination of care for people, by

promoting closer working with and between our valued partners

• Providing friendly, caring, quality services to all our patients and carers

• Have we considered everything we need to?

Patient Reference Group• The Patient Reference Group helps to ensure that, in all

aspects of the CCG’s business the public voice of the local population is heard.

• Each of our Local Commissioning Groups (LCG) is represented at the Patient Reference Group to ensure meaningful engagement with local patients.

• To ensure that we engage and gain patients views when we redesign services and propose service changes.

• Continue strong links with Healthwatch organisations to ensure that they become strong and valued critical friends of the CCG and LCG

Patient Engagement

• Ensure that a range of patient and public voices are heard at CCG and LCG level including groups who sometimes miss out on being heard

• Continue strong links with Healthwatch organisations to ensure that they become strong and valued critical friends of the CCG and LCG.

• We aim to look outwards to all our communities and engage and communicate effectively.

CommunicationThere are a number of ways you can stay up to date:•CCG website :

http://www.cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk/ •Join the CCG data base and receive a quarterly update. Also choose which subjects you would like to hear about and we will send you updates in those areas•We are in the process of developing a LCG website which will include a section on the Patient Forum Group•The nominated patient representative on the Patient Forum Group will ensure information is shared between Peterborough LCG Board, Patient Forum Group and Patient Reference Group.