Plans for GPs to be in charge of NHS are officially approved
Plans to put doctors in charge of the National Health Service in Leicester and Leicestershire were officially approved today.
From April, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), made up of GPs, will take over from primary care trust in running health care from hospitals to learning disability services.
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There will be one CCG for the city and two for the county under the shake up.
The three CCGs have existed in a shadow form for some time, but have now been officially approved. The city's CCG will manage an annual £370 million budget.
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Chairman Professor Azhar Farooqi said: "I strongly believe GPs and other clinicians are best placed to understand patients needs.
"The new way of working gives GPs a voice and the freedom to respond to patients needs with innovative services to improve quality of care."
The East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG comprises doctors from 34 practices in Melton, Rutland, Harborough, Blaby Lutterworth, Oadby and Wigston.
Its managing director, Dr David Briggs, said: "We are confident that we have developed a set of aims and plans that respond to the health needs of the local people.
"They include enhancing the quality of life for people with long-term conditions, delivering excellent community health services and improving the quality of primary care, as well as closer working between health and social care, and between acute, primary and community care."
Some 50 doctors make up the third CCG, which covers west Leicestershire and includes Hinckley and Bosworth, Charnwood, and North West Leicestershire.
Chairman Dr Nick Pulman said: "This is a major milestone on our way to tackling the area's healthcare needs more effectively, and shows how much has already been achieved as a result of GPs being in a new commissioning partnership which we see as involving GPs, fellow clinicians, experienced managers, social care and importantly patients in decision making.
"We have also involved patients more directly in shaping health care services, and as a result we have a growing number of patients in new and existing patient participation groups, based at surgeries.
"This has had a big influence on improvements, such as making healthcare more proactive, and the redevelopment of the walk-in centre at Loughborough."
For more information, visit:
www.leicestercityccg.nhs.uk
www.eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.nhs.uk
www.westleicestershireccg.nhs.uk
Comments
by rhino
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 8:33PM
“l have little or no confidence in GPs especially my own it took them over 2 years to refer me to hospital after l had been passing blood for this period.
l was then told l had cancer.
How the hell can we put our trust in these upper class first aiders?
How much money do they want for doing LESS WORK!!!!!!”
by Bob491
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 9:45AM
“Almost everyone is against the huge top down reorganisation, privatisation and dumbing down of the NHS.
But the Con PM Cameron has to do what his Con party donors tell him to do - in this case the private health company bosses. They don't pay £millions into the Con party for nothing, do they.
But who is going to trust their GP now?”
by DonHenson
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 4:55AM
“Another stupid idea, and one that the majority of GPs were against.”
by Bob491
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 12:51AM
“Those GPs with loads of shares in private health companies will be rubbing their hands with glee at the enormous amounts of taxpayers money that will be siphoned off into their ever bulging pockets.
Who will trust a GP now?”
by johnboy313
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 12:29AM
“Surely this will be more profit driven, so gp's can get even more pay?”
by Bob491
Tuesday, December 11 2012, 12:13AM
“This will be a total disaster!”
by lance2
Monday, December 10 2012, 6:57PM
“I hope no body from my GP"s practice gets the job !!!!!!!!!!.”