NHS Worcestershire and Worcestershire Primary Care Trust
NHS Worcestershire is the commissioning arm of the
organisation that is legally known as Worcestershire Primary Care
Trust.
It's key responsibilities are:
- maintaining and improving the health of the local
population
- commissioning primary, secondary and tertiary
services
- developing primary care
NHS Worcestershire's responsibility is to ensure that we
keep the county's 553,000 residents healthy and ensure you receive
the highest quality medical treatment when you are ill. We
have a budget of over £800 million to help us do this.
The PCT 'commissions' or purchases
from healthcare service providers. The main providers for
the population of Worcestershire are Worcestershire Acute Hospitals
NHS Trust, the Worcestershire Health & Care NHS
Trust, and West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS
Trust. The Trust commissions services from a range of
other providers including University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust.
In addition, contracts are placed within the county with
67 GP practices, 91 pharmacies, 65 dental practices, and 88
opticians premises from which 126 opticians operate.
NHS Worcestershire is part of the West Mercia cluster of
PCTs which also includes:
- Shropshire County PCT
- Telford & Wrekin PCT
- Herefordshire PCT
The West Mercia cluster now shares a single chief executive,
trust board and management team made up from the primary care
trusts it represents.
Click here for details of the West Mercia Cluster Board
members.
The cluster will oversee the transition from PCT to clinical
commissioning in the run up to the planned transfer of
responsibility in April 2013. Read
more about PCT Clusters.
Last updated on 30 March 2012