Your PCT
NHS Buckinghamshire and NHS Oxfordshire have now become joined or “Clustered”.
NHS Clusters have been established by the Department of Health to ensure that the NHS maintains business continuity of commissioning healthcare locally and to facilitate the change to the new structure of the NHS in 2013, including the move to Clinical Commissioning Groups.
All NHS Clusters will have three principal functions:
- Delivery of the PCT’s Operational Plans and driving clinical service change for 2011 to 2013 and ensuring financial stability for the handover to Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Ensuring and supporting development of Clinical Commissioning Groups and transferring of other current cluster functions to the new organisations yet to be established i.e. the National Commissioning Board, Public Health England, Health Education England, Health and Wellbeing Boards, public health to Local Authorities
- Creating the relevant commissioning support organisation for Clinical Commissioning Groups after post PCT abolition.
We are responsible for planning and securing quality healthcare services, reducing inequalities and improving the health of the local population.
We work with various NHS agencies in Buckinghamshire to provide services closer to home such as district nursing, health visiting, therapy and care within community hospitals.
We also lead on other NHS services with GPs, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, ambulances and hospitals.
Contact us for more details, see our Trust Board and board papers or see what we do.
Our geographical area
It is the same as that covered by Buckinghamshire County Council with the exceptions of the wards of Great Brickhill and Newton Longville and in addition the Oxfordshire wards of Aston Rowant, Chinnor, Thame North and Thame South. The main population areas in the patch are Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Buckingham, Amersham, Chesham, Marlow and Beaconsfield.
Overall the local population is relatively healthy and wealthy with high levels of educational qualifications and low levels of unemployment. Although the majority of people are not considered to be disadvantaged compared to other areas there are discrete areas of deprivation and it is our responsibility to work with local people to reduce these inequalities and improve overall health and well being.
