-local clinicians inform and direct the services
-the use of public funds must be seen to be in the public interest and be transparent.
Vision and Values
Aims of the Cluster
The strength of the Cluster lies within the Practices in the
area working together to achieve the following aims:
• Ensuring that local clinicians inform and direct the services to be provided
• Creating a common approach to PBC which aims to reduce health inequalities and improve service availability and quality across the locality
• Minimising financial and clinical risk through its strength and stability
• Undertaking much of the preparatory work on behalf of practices (including developing the PBC Plans to enable eligibility for the PBC DES) so that the work of individual practices is minimised
• Providing information, guidance and support for practices in the management of the PBC activities which will still be required at practice level
• Via the Cluster Steering Group and Practice PBC Leads, developing a body of PBC knowledge and expertise in primary care clinicians for the benefit of all parties.
• The Cluster will demonstrate effective partnership working within their commissioning proposals
• The Cluster will seek to share skill, knowledge and/or appropriate resources for the benefit of the registered population
• The Cluster will fully engage in PPI (patient and public involvement) Services will be reviewed and developed in partnership with clinicians, providers and service users
• The Cluster will maintain close working relationships with provider Trusts.
• All commissioning activity involving the use of public funds must be seen to be in the public interest and be transparent – this will require not only potential conflicts of interest to be identified, declared and resolved in advance by commissioners, but that adequate audit trails are established