1. Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Dr Peter Christian
Haringey GP and CCG Governing Body member

2. What is Haringey CCG? Clinical Commissioning Group or CCG
A new NHS organisation, led by Haringey GPs
A membership organisation made up of all 52 GP practices in Haringey working together
Led by a governing body
As well as GPs, there is also a nurse, an A&E doctor and two ‘lay’ members on the CCG’s governing body
Haringey CCG has replaced Haringey Primary Care Trust

3. What does the CCG do?
The CCG is responsible for planning, paying for and monitoring health services for people who live in Haringey (this is called commissioning)
The services that we commission include:
Hospital services
Community services e.g. district nursing, physiotherapy
Mental health services

4. What the CCG doesn’t do
GPs, pharmacists, optometrists and dentists (primary care services) are not commissioned by Haringey CCG.
These services are commissioned and monitored by a new organisation call NHS England
However, the CCG still wants to make sure that primary care services are of the highest quality.

5. How is the CCG different?
Patients in England make 300 million visits to their GP each year and are more likely to see their GP than any other health professional.
This means GPs have a really good understanding of what their patients need.
GPs, in their CCG role, use this knowledge to help decide what services are commissioned

6. What we want to achieve
We want to enable the people of Haringey to live long and healthy lives with access to safe, well co-ordinated high quality services

7. How we will do this We are focusing on the following priorities:
Prevention – helping people to stay well
Integrated care – making sure care is joined up between health and social care organisations
Urgent care – making sure people are seen in the right place, the first time
Care closer to home – making sure people have access to quality services in or near to their home, keeping them well and out of hospital
Mental health services and services for people with learning disabilities
Services for children and young people

8. Who we work closely with
The Health and Wellbeing Board
Local GP practices
Haringey Council
Public Health
Local hospital and mental health trusts
Voluntary and community organisations

9. How you can be involved
Asking patients what they want and what they think of services is really important to us
This information will help us make services better and influence the services that we commission
There are many ways that you can be involved and give your views

10. Find out more
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