Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

1. Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Dr Peter Christian Haringey GP and CCG Governing Body member

2. What is Haringey CCG? • Clinical Commissioning Group or CCG • A new NHS organisation, led by Haringey GPs • A membership organisation made up of all 52 GP practices in Haringey working together • Led by a governing body • As well as GPs, there is also a nurse, an A&E doctor and two ‘lay’ members on the CCG’s governing body • Haringey CCG has replaced Haringey Primary Care Trust

3. What does the CCG do? • The CCG is responsible for planning, paying for and monitoring health services for people who live in Haringey (this is called commissioning) • The services that we commission include: • Hospital services • Community services e.g. district nursing, physiotherapy • Mental health services

4. What the CCG doesn’t do • GPs, pharmacists, optometrists and dentists (primary care services) are not commissioned by Haringey CCG. • These services are commissioned and monitored by a new organisation call NHS England • However, the CCG still wants to make sure that primary care services are of the highest quality.

5. How is the CCG different? • Patients in England make 300 million visits to their GP each year and are more likely to see their GP than any other health professional. • This means GPs have a really good understanding of what their patients need. • GPs, in their CCG role, use this knowledge to help decide what services are commissioned

6. What we want to achieve • We want to enable the people of Haringey to live long and healthy lives with access to safe, well co-ordinated high quality services

7. How we will do this We are focusing on the following priorities: • Prevention – helping people to stay well • Integrated care – making sure care is joined up between health and social care organisations • Urgent care – making sure people are seen in the right place, the first time • Care closer to home – making sure people have access to quality services in or near to their home, keeping them well and out of hospital • Mental health services and services for people with learning disabilities • Services for children and young people

8. Who we work closely with • The Health and Wellbeing Board • Local GP practices • Haringey Council • Public Health • Local hospital and mental health trusts • Voluntary and community organisations

9. How you can be involved • Asking patients what they want and what they think of services is really important to us • This information will help us make services better and influence the services that we commission • There are many ways that you can be involved and give your views

10. Find out more Visit our website: www.haringeyccg.nhs.uk