Your Clinical Commissioning

GroupAlly Hiscox – Head of Commissioning

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What is NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley

CCG?

Launched: April 2013 – six months old

Replaced: Primary Care Trusts

Budget: £278 million

Population: 249,000Led by: Local GPs

What we plan and pay for…

Urgent and emergency care, A&E, ambulance services and new NHS 111

Planned hospital care - for most people here that is Darent Valley Hospital

Community health services

Maternity and new-born services

Children’s health

Mental health services

Medicines

What we don’t pay for…

GPs’ salaries and practice staffPharmaciesOpticiansDentistsHealth services for prisonersHealth services for armed services personnelSpecialised NHS services

Who’s in the team…

Governing Body

Chaired by GP Dr Bhaskar Bora

Five other elected GPs

Lay members

Specialists

Chief Nurse

Management team

Our priorities…

Children and Maternity

Integrated Services

Long-Term Conditions

Mental Health

Planned Care

Urgent Care

Prescribing

Health inequalities

Which means…

You get the right care

At the right time

In the right place

By the right person

As near to your home as is practical

And is the best value for money for the NHS

YOU ASKED FOR… …more integrated services

Local referral unit – opened April

One phone call, one form, single point of access

Integrated teams introduced July

Multi-Disciplinary Teams with health and social care members, physical, mental health, social services and GP surgeries

Service around patient – not patient around service

Clearer care plans designed and agreed with patient - and supported by carers

YOU ASKED FOR… …more integrated services

Passport or patient-held record

Better education and support for self-management of conditions

Improved pathway for people with mental health issues. Pilot launched for primary mental health care workers

Patient admission and discharge co-ordination team

How to work with us…Your opinion is vital to help us plan your services

Attend our governing body meetings in public – the next one is on Tuesday 26 November at Dartford Borough Council offices, 1- 4pm

Attend and contribute to our public events

Attend and contribute to provider events

Join a Patient Participation Group at a GP practice

PPG chairs’ group feeds into governing body

Sign up to our online Health Network

Visit our website and look out for our newsletters and press releases

The NHS belongs to the people:

A Call To ActionEvery day the NHS saves lives and helps people stay well. But 65 years ago it was different. Many had to choose between poverty or seeing a doctor

Today the NHS treats 1 million people every 36 hours

Our life expectancy increased by 4.2 years between 1990 and 2010

88 per cent of patients said their quality of care was either excellent or very good

But…

The population is getting older – the number of people over 80 will double by 2030

The number of people with diabetes is expected to hit 4 million by 2025

The public is asking for health services to operate seven days a week

There is a limited amount of money. If we do nothing, the NHS could face a gap of £30 billion.

The NHS belongs to the people:

A Call To Action

The NHS belongs to the people:

A Call To Action

Doing nothing is not an option.

Ensuring that healthcare remains free at the point of use will mean fundamental changes.

We need to work with HealthWatch, the public and all the area’s voluntary organisations to decide how to do this.

Tell us your ideas and solutions to help us plan our next five years.

The NHS belongs to the people:A Call To Action

1. How can we work together to prevent people from becoming ill or to treat illnesses earlier?

2. How can we ensure people’s mental and physical health are treated the same?

3. How can we encourage and support patients to take more responsibility for their own health?

4. How can we ensure health services focus on the needs of our patients?

How to contact us…

Tel: 03000 424903

E-mail: dgs.ccg@nhs.netWebsite: www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

Write: NHS DGS CCG

Second Floor

Gravesham Civic Centre

Windmill Street

GRAVESEND

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