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South Staffordshire PCT is one of the largest PCTs in the country. It serves a population of approximately 615,000 and is located within the geographical boundaries of Staffordshire County Council. The PCT employs just over 2,000 staff and its turnover for 2009/10 is £867 million.
The PCT contains a number of urban centres including Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Lichfield, Stafford, Tamworth, Rugeley, Wombourne and Uttoxeter, although the geographic area is largely rural.
The PCT is committed to the continuous improvement of the health and well-being of the community we serve. The PCT approach to providing healthcare is based on focusing on prevention; targeting resources where need is greatest; working with partners on other factors which impact on ill-health and where treatment is needed, offering choice and commissioning high-quality services with no delays.
As a commissioner we invest in improving the health of our local population and purchase high quality health care.
Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) – established PBC groups in five areas across the PCT receive a budget from the PCT to purchase health care for their registered patients and become more involved in commissioning decisions to provide healthcare that is based on prevention. This involves: identifying patient needs; designing effective and appropriate health service responding to those needs and allocating resources against competing service priorities.
South Staffordshire PCT consists of:
*98 General Practices
*365 General Practitioners
*83 Dental Practices
*231 Dentists
*120 Pharmacies
*67 Optometry Practices
*115 Optometrists
*6 Prisons
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