Sixth cohort of CCG pathfinders

10 October, 2011

The 13 new pathfinder clinical commissioning groups announced on 10 October 2011 are:

  • Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
  • High Peak Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Hull Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
  • North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group
  • North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group
  • South Holland Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Swale Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Thorpe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group
  • United Birmingham Consortium
  • West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group

A full directory of all the pathfinders can be seen here.

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4 Responses to Sixth cohort of CCG pathfinders

  1. martin melville says:
    12 October, 2011 at 11:44 am

    It is all very well knowing what the clincial comissioning group names are and roughly where they are based and how many GP practices make them up – but please could you make it more transparent and esaier to find out speicifically which GP practices make up which comissioning groups. It seems incredibly difficult to find out – and as yet I can’t seem to find the information. Are the DOH hiding something???

  2. Sarah Pudney@DH says:
    12 October, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Thank you for your comment. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will not exist formally until 2013 and until then one of the aims of the pathfinder programme is to allow the emerging CCGs to explore different working arrangements to suit their local circumstances. This means the situation with regard to some pathfinders and their constituent GP practices changes over time.

    The Department of Health does not hold the information about these individual GP practices centrally, rather it is held by each SHA cluster which work much more closely with their local CCGs and practices.

  3. MJ Naidoo says:
    14 October, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    I am developing a new service for adolescents with eating disorders on behalf of a charity. I am finding it difficult to find a clear route to finding someone to commission the service and am being passed from pillar to post. The PECs dont seem to be interested in innovation and the new CCGs are not fully functioning. Advice please.

    • Sarah Pudney@DH says:
      20 October, 2011 at 11:13 am

      Thank you for your comment. As you have read, emerging clinical commissioning groups have come forward in many areas of the country and are working with their local primary care trusts (PCTs), or PCT clusters, to commission services.

      However, PCTs remain the responsible statutory bodies until 2013, therefore it is currently for local PCTs to decide the most appropriate way to commission services for their local populations. I would encourage you to continue to engage with your local PCT cluster to resolve any outstanding concerns.