Primary Care Group Stocktake

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Primary Care Group - Stocktake

• Configured (481 Groups)
• Boards in Place
• Action Plan
• HiMP
• Local commissioning (LTSAs)
• Management Costs/Structures/Staff/Level
• Work with SSDs
• O/D
• PCIPs

2
Primary Care Group/Practice Relationship - 1

• Commissioning
• LTSA must be practice sensitive
• Primary Care Development
• Practice Infrastructure
• PCG priorities
• Service Inequalities
• Improving Health
• Needs assessment
• Relationship with local communities

3
Primary Care Group/Practice Relationship - 2

• Clinical Governance
• Standard setting and monitoring
• Support and pursuit of excellence
• Incentives
• Practice/PCG split
• Practices are PCG cost centres

4
Three Conclusions

• .1 PCGs and Practices are Interdependent
• .2 Effective PCGs will have two-way information
  flows between themselves and their practices

5
Three Conclusions

• 3 Effective PCGs will utilise data for a variety
  of purposes (ie to serve all their three
  functions collectively, not just individually)
• Eg.
• Needs Assessment Data at Practice Level as a
  source of information for -
• commissioning and setting incentives,
• public health,
• prioritising primary care development,
• developing clinical governance