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www.clltheroeadverti8er.co.uk Clltheroe Advertiser &'nmes,Thursday, March 29,2012,- What is a
Clinical Commissioning Group? Under the coalition government's NHS reforms, primary care trusts (PCT) will come to an end in March 2013 with
The job of assessing the health needs of the
local population, funding health services that meet those needs, and
monitoring the quality of those services ”
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) wiil become the statutory bodies responsibie for commissioning health services from 1st April 2013. These plans are set out in the Health and Social Care Bill. The Bill paves the way for GPs and other local clinicians to have a greater influence on how the NHS budget is spent. There will also be a new NHS Commissioning Board to oversee the process. 'Commissioning' is the job of assessing the health needs of the local population, funding health services that meet those needs, and monitoring the quality of those services.
This supplement is devoted to explaining about the role of your CCG - East Lancashire Clinical Commis sioning Group. We are also using the supplement to
■set out our plans for, commissioning NHS services in East Lancashire, over the next-five years. We call
this our strategic plan and you can see the full docu ment at
www.eastlancspct.nhs.uk/strategicplan.
East Lancashire CCG is run by local GPs. As such we aim to commission (buy) high quality, safe, and effective health services that meet the needs of resi- ■derits in East Lancashire. To do this we will use local clinical expertise, evidence of good practice and the experience of patients who use the services we commission. Our aim is to ensure that the right services are commissioned for patients to be seen at
the right time, in the right place by the riqht profes sional. •
The CCG will maintain a strong local focus, with leadership and the involvement of GPsTn each of five localities in East Lancashire Burnley; Hynd-
f W i£ i A I' IT'S YOUR NHS - SO HAVE YOUR SAY ... YOUR VIEWS MATTER
www.eastlancspct.nhs.uk/strategicplan D-r Hv/ix
Dr Mike Ions Cjiair, East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
burn, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Rossendale. Local clinical expertise and patient experience will be at
the heart of all of our decisions and decision-mak ing.
Over the forthcoming months, the CCG will actively seek the views of patients,, carers, the public and organisations in East Lancashire regarding our com missioning plans and intentions. Your views about our plans are very important to us as they will help
us ensure our plans are supported, or changed where required.
We would be pleased to receive your comments on any aspect, of-our strategic plan. However we are particularly keen to learn your views about our vi sion, values,_and our commissioning plans. In par
ticular we would like to know your views about our plans for
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• acute (hospital) planned care ^ / • children.and young people • mental health services •unplanned (urgent) care • community-services • getting the, best from medicines
Yours sincerely
Phone us: 0845 6031 068 (local rate)
Text us: 07850 910451
There are many ways you can let us know your views all-comments and views are welcome.
Please comment by the following means:
Email;
consultation@eastlancspct.nhs.uk-
Online: Freepost:
FREEPOST RSSS-YJCX-TXLE, NHS East Lancashire, Room 115,
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Walshaw House, Regent Street, Nelson BB9-8AS
This is bill- pledcje to our patients, (iniinfi.s nrrd strikt-holdofs:
"IhpCCCi will use iocal cliriieal r-.'siwitisf-, the available evidonai and patient e,vpi.-(ien«s to ensure that the liijhi seivires are
wmmis.sioned for patients to be seen at ilie ricilrt time, iir'ilif rirjht place by the right
■ professional. The CCG will iriaintain a stionij locality locus, with clinical etrpeitise ami
p.itient eisperienie at the lie,nil of all tiecision making. It ’ivill han'iess ilte eflicieacy and elft-aiventws tliat vvorking
at.ross tive loCvilities of
E.ist tancasliire brings and it will seek to
cornrriisslon .sate, stable, high quality services ivhete best practice is the standard." , ■
O d i r V is i io i i i Last Laticasliire Clinical (.oininiisifitiiiig Group will
iommi.ssion high
quality, sale and eileaive health setviu-s iliai meet patient.:' ne.-iits ,111(1 impfove itieii lieaiih.
The Clinical Coniniissioniiig Group intends to be a reputable .oroanisaiion whicli operates vyuh imegriiy arnl trust ,as (.ore
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www.eastlancspct.nhs.uk/strategicplan C i s B ^ i c a i
priiii.iple.s. foi tliis rtuison, it has adopted the 'Seven Principles of Public life which svili be- the core tli.'it luns ttirough .everytliing that It does. The principles of public lile are outlined in the 'Nokm Priiicipicf.' whif.h are availaiile
ntbvwvv.public-sfandrMds.yov.uk
0 «»r Commitments 1. Conunission ttiLMighi seivices foi patients to bo seen at the light time, ill the light place by the right professional
2. Optimise appiopfiate use ol lesonrces and remove inelflciehcies j . Improve access, quality and choice of service provision within priniaiy', coininunity arid
r.ecpnd:iiy care
4. Collaboratively work svith colleagues froiii sc-copdary care and local authorities m develop .seamless care pathways , '
W h y h a v e S t r a t e g i c Ihe ptirpose of the StK-itfiijiC P!ai> is to tomniunivote.* pui kf;y pfiorities Ml improving health services and ontcoines lor patients over ilie
ne.st .j-.T yc,*,iis within the financial resources avaikitite. Our iiitenfiori is that cil' practice-:., partners,
p.atic-ms and the public.vvill help us to sh.ipe the diifCtion iit what the CCG is tiying to achieve and that
the final doaimenf |jioduced in June will be an agreed and .shared '
.sti.itffjy (or
E.asi Laricashire.
It i-: -ws-li
rt-cogni.sei! drat the CCG and its partners face major i h.:!i!,-iitjt-5 ill tai kliiug llie-sighihc.ant ic-vs-l-:of lic-ahh ineguaiities and pw'i health outcome-, j,, fast lancashire It is ackncAvledged tliat theitMs ,a siioiuj lecord of p.-utnee.hip ivoiking in last
k.aiicashire.. VVe h.-ive lali'-n the oppioriunity to leviecy our ubjectives witli mil lof-.iinies io ensuie ihai tiiey encompass cuiieni challenge-.,
ii.-.ituulniiy tfiroug!! tile tian:-;iii-an lo new NHS oi-ganisationsl
What w/e want to achieve • An engatjed population - where people, are motivated to look after themselves and vvorkwith health piofessionnls to use NHS services appropriately, This is critical i( we are going to direct services to support those in
greate.st need. An exatnpie of this is patients who frequently attend Urgent Care Services where their need relates to social drcunistances,. We svili work with East lancashire Hospitals NHSTtusi and tancashire County
Coimc.il to identily the sripport that they need, , C
• Engaged Qps- - in ;each locality: contribute to developrnerits, , and help us cre-ate the strong local focus that vve need to ma.ko
: ccmrniissioiting relevatit ancl e f fe c t •: Patients using services appropriately..
• Servjce.s designed ctpsei to people-'s homes to piornote . ■ independence and strengthen
loc.al semces,
.• IhfCHigh
oigarilsation.al rievmlopinent G-the CCG becomes a highly effective aiid eflicient CC6 1h,at is highly, regarded by alt who work with it,
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• Etigh C|uality services delivering iinprtiv'ed clinical outcomes • High levels of patierit satisfaetton
commissioning work taken on by new local clinically- led commissioning organisations and a national NHS Commissioning Board. These are the new commissioning
organisations in local areas which'are being established under the reforms.
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) are groups of GPs that will, from April 2013, be responsible for designing local health
, services In England. Locally, CCGs will commission (buy) health services including planned hospital, care, rehabilitative care, urgent and emergency care (including out of hours services), most community health services, and mental health , and learning disability services.
East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group has been established by local GPs from each of the five boroughs in East Lancashire - Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley, and Rossendale. Towards the end of 20T1, GPs in each of the localities recognised the benefits of working collaboratively to create value for money through economies of scale, sharing expertise and capacity, as a result, they agreed to join together as one large Clinical Commissioning Group. The localities have a track record of joint working and recognised that there was a firm foundation already in place to become one CCG with a strong locality focus.
Who is in the East Lancashire
Clinical Commissioning Group? The proposed East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group will encompass 63 GP, Practices, covering the boroughs of Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley (excluding Longridge), which has a combined GP registered population of approximately 370,000.
Each of the boroughs has a locality based commissioning group which then feeds into the larger East Lancashire wide one.
The lead clinicians involved in the CCG Board are:
Dr Mike Ions - CCG Chair. Dr Mike Ions, GP at Pendle View Medical Centre in Brierfield has been elected chair of the East Lancashire CCG. He said: "This is an opportuni^ to get proper primary care involvement in the commissioning of health care locally, bringing health care decisions, nearer to the patient."
Dr Ions who trained at Manchester University became a GP in 1982 and has worked in Pendle ever since. Born in Northumberland, it was whilst studying in Manchester he met his future wife who now is-a consultant community paediatric audiologist at East Lancashire
Hospitals Trust. His daughter followed him into the profession and is a GP at the same practice.
Dr David White - Ciinicai Lead for Burnley locality Dr David White, a GP at Rosehili Surgery based in St Peters Primary Health Care Centre since 1992,-initially trained at both Oxford and Manchester University medical schools.
- Dr White said: "The proposed NHS reforms,
and move to clinical commissioning groups, are creating interesting times where clinicians have a much greater involvement in informing and re-shaping how our local healthcare is delivered. This has enabled the further development of the already good pre-existing clinical and partnership networks we have within our health economy to support the continual development of our local health services. The reforms also provide an opportunity to ensure senrices are patient centred. This in turn should lead to a clinically informed, collaborative,
redesign of our local health services to deliver the best possible patient experiences."
Dr Murthy Motupalli - Clinical Lead for Hyndburn locality Dr Murthy Motupalli is a GP at Blackburn Road Surgery in Accrington.
He said: "Our priorities are improving the quality of services, providing community and home based services and in particular, we
- want to improve mental health services in Hyndburn." Ezza East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
Dr Peter Williams-Clinical LeaciTpir;: Rossendale locality Dr Willliams is a GP at Irwell Medical Centre : based in Bacup Primary Health CareTCentre . and has been a GP in Bacup s in ce y 983; - After graduating in medicine from Bristol,; University in 1977, Dr Williams worked, in i : hospital medicine in the Bristol and - Bath-rf
area, before training in General Practice. His special interests are ,-' diseases of the skin, lungs and kidneys.
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Dr Ian Whyte - Clinical Lead for : Ribble Valley locality
I Dr Ian Whyte, a GP at Sabden and Whalley Medical Group, qualified in Liverpool - and after completing his vocational training j joined the practice in 1984. His main interKt is palliative care. He is a member of the Local J Medical Committee.
Dr Phil Huxley - Clinical Lead for- Pendle locality
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Dr Phil Huxley, a GP at Earby surgery for the last 13 years said: “ I love being a GP and this opportunity to be involved in commissioning sen/ices for my patients increases the chance of my wish to provide quality primary care and ensure that my patients receive excellent
hospital and secondary care becoming a reality."
Born in Wigan, Dr Huxley completed his training at Airedale hospital and came to Pendle by chaqce.
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