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Chris Williams
Published Date9 Years Ago - 1519 Views

It's been kept fairly quiet, but following the abolition of Primary Care Trusts on 31 March 2013 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will become Responsible Authorities under the amended (via Schedule 5, Paragraph 84 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012)  Section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

This means that CCGs will need to be invited to participate in CSPs, sit on the strategy group, agree partnership plan, sign s115 data sharing agreements (which will need to be renewed), etc.

A key issue here is that the distribution of CCGs is uneven and not co-terminous with CSPs. This means that there may be more than one CCG in a CSP area, or more than one CSP in a CCG area!

We're really interested in gathering the experiences of CSPs in how they're managing this transition and working with PCTs to ensure that there is a smooth, continued representation of health on CSPs following the change. Please use the "comments" facility below to let us know how you are undertaking this in your area.

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Former Member
11 Years Ago
The landscape here in Worcestershire is complex; we are a 2 tier authority with 6 district councils and a county council. We have 2 CSPs and now to add to the mix we have 3 CCGs. We are in the process of arranging a series of scoping meetings with the new CCGs to establish how they will be represented on the CSPs in future, but no protocols are in place yet and it is very much a work in progress. If any other areas are further forward in the process than we are here in Worcestershire, I would be very grateful to hear from you!
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Chris Williams
11 Years Ago
We're preparing a two-page briefing that CSPs can give to CCGs, to explain their new responsibilities and how/why they should get involved with CSPs. Do people think this would be useful?