Practice Based Commissioning in South Staffordshire
What is Practice Based Commissioning?
Practice Based Commissioning is a Government policy, which largely devolves responsibility for commissioning local health services from Primary Care Trusts to local GP practices.
Under Practice Based Commissioning, GP practices or groups of practices have the right to receive a budget from the Primary Care Trust to purchase health care for their registered patients and become more involved in commissioning decisions. This involves:
- Identifying patient needs
- Designing effective and appropriate health service responses to those needs
- Allocating resources against competing service priorities
For more information on Practice Based Commissioning please see the Practice Based Commissioning Fact Sheet  (29k)
Contacting the Practice Based Commissioning Teams
To support the GP practices, South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust has two locality Practice Based Commissioning teams, each responsible for residents living in the corresponding local authority areas. These include:
West Locality
Cannock Chase District Council
Stafford Borough Council
South Staffordshire District Council
East Locality
Tamworth Borough Council
Lichfield District Council
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Each locality team includes a Locality Director, Practice Based Commissioning Leads for each area, Public Health Leads for each area, a Commissioning Manager, a Finance Lead and a Public and Patient Engagement Lead, along with administrative support staff.
For more information on the structures of each locality team, please see:
West Locality PBC Structure (32k)
East Locality PBC Structure (83k)
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