Brochure which accompanies NHS Midlands and East's AQP
Who are the Commissioners?
Following the publication of the White Paper in July 2010 and planned system
reform, the Department of Health concluded that it would not be possible to retain
effective management capacity in all PCTs until their abolition in 2013 and that this
would present unacceptable risks to quality and financial management.
Therefore, in 2011, PCTs consolidated their
management capacity, with single executive
teams each managing a cluster of PCTs. Individual
PCTs remain as statutory organisations and whilst
the clusters are not statutory bodies or permanent
features of the landscape, they are necessary to
sustain PCT capability and enable the creation of
the new system.
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From April 2013, assuming the passage of the
Health & Social Care Bill proceeds through
Parliament as planned, commissioning will be
carried out by CCGs. There are currently 71
emerging CCGs across the region, although
it is likely that the final number will be slightly
reduced from this.