Patient Representative as part of CCG Assurance Process Role Description and Application Form We are looking for creative, caring people with a passion for health to join our patient leaders. We (NHS England’s South regional team in the South Central local office) would like to recruit 8 people to help support us and the Clinical Commissioning Groups to assure the delivery of great healthcare in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire. Before describing this role in more detail, here is a bit of background: What is commissioning? At its simplest, commissioning is the process of planning, agreeing and monitoring services. Commissioning involves many actions, ranging from assessing the health needs of local populations and using clinical evidence to design patient pathways (the journey of care), to developing service specifications and negotiating on contracts or the purchase of goods and services, while continually assessing quality. See NHS England’s website for more information: Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are statutory organisations responsible to governing body for the delivery of both their statutory and constitutional duties, and improvements in the health outcomes of their population. They commission: Planned hospital care Urgent and emergency care Rehabilitation care Community health services Mental health and learning disability services. NHS England directly commissions some services including Primary Care (GPs, Dentist, Pharmacists and Optometrists) and Specialist Commissioning. Since April 2015 NHS England is giving CCGs the opportunity to assume greater power and influence over the commissioning of primary medical care and so there is a move towards co-commissioning of Primary Care between NHS England and CCGs, or delegating commissioning to CCGs.
Patient Representative as part of CCG Assurance Process Role Description and Application Form We are looking for creative, caring people with a passion for health to join our patient leaders. We (NHS England’s South regional team in the South Central local office) would like to recruit 8 people to help support us and the Clinical Commissioning Groups to assure the delivery of great healthcare in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire. Before describing this role in more detail, here is a bit of background: What is commissioning? At its simplest, commissioning is the process of planning, agreeing and monitoring services. Commissioning involves many actions, ranging from assessing the health needs of local populations and using clinical evidence to design patient pathways (the journey of care), to developing service specifications and negotiating on contracts or the purchase of goods and services, while continually assessing quality. See NHS England’s website for more information: Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are statutory organisations responsible to governing body for the delivery of both their statutory and constitutional duties, and improvements in the health outcomes of their population. They commission: Planned hospital care Urgent and emergency care Rehabilitation care Community health services Mental health and learning disability services. NHS England directly commissions some services including Primary Care (GPs, Dentist, Pharmacists and Optometrists) and Specialist Commissioning. Since April 2015 NHS England is giving CCGs the opportunity to assume greater power and influence over the commissioning of primary medical care and so there is a move towards co-commissioning of Primary Care between NHS England and CCGs, or delegating commissioning to CCGs.
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