CUMBRIA PCT- NHS Cumbria

PCT

• Primary Care Trust• NHS funding is

allocated to these• Care for their local

population

Each PCT gets a different budget

depending on their local population

GPs, dentists, pharmacies, opticians, public health campaigns, acute (big) hospitals, community hospitals, mental

health services.SOURCE: http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/AboutUs/Home.aspx

NHS Cumbria

“buy - or 'commission' - a full range of NHS hospital services , community and mental health services”

“manage GPs, NHS dentists, pharmacies and opticians. These services are sometimes known as

'primary care', and are the services you would normally access when you first have a health

problem”“We commission all other NHS services in Cumbria from a range of health providers, including GPs, dentists and health trusts.”

Source: http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/AboutUs/WhoWeAreAndWhatWeDo/Home.aspx

Aims of NHS CUMBRIA

• Better Health: Improve health and reduce health inequalities

• Better Life: Improve independent living and self management of care

• Better Care: Improve the way we deliver care and increase ownership and engagement

Source: http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/AboutUs/WhoWeAreAndWhatWeDo/Home.aspx

More info…

“NHS Cumbria was formed on 1 October 2006 when the county’s four previous primary care trusts merged”

“biggest PCT in the North West region”

“serving a population of around 500,000 over an area covering 2,600 square miles”

What has been done this past

year…

GPs ‘joined-up care’patients can have different appointments in different places, with different people, all to

discuss the same thing

Prevention schemes illnesses such as diabetes and

respiratory illnesses are also supporting people to manage their conditions

better

Rapid-response nursing and social care teams

people get the care and support they need in their own homes in one go.

family doctors are working side-by side with hospital consultants to improve

hospital care.

Source: www.cumbriapct.nhs.uk

What have they been doing to improve health in the county?

You will need specific examples for the examination.

Read through the summary (p 14-17 from the PDF)

Choose two specific examples and create a mind map on both.

Source: www.cumbriapct.nhs.uk