NHS County Durham CCG

There are four Patient Reference Groups in County Durham CCG, they bring patient representatives together from our GP practices in the following areas Durham Dales, Easington, Sedgefield and North Durham. GP Practices have Practice Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and representatives from each of these PPGs attend a locality based Patient Reference Group meeting to bring […]

Under section 13Q of the National Health Service Act 2006 (as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012), NHS England has a statutory duty to ‘make arrangements’ to involve the public in commissioning services for NHS patients. The Statement of Arrangements and Guidance on Patient and Public Participation in Commissioning sets out the 13Q duty for CCGs in more detail. Consultation and Engagement Differences between […]

The Governing Body is responsible for ensuring that the CCG has appropriate arrangements in place to exercise its functions effectively, efficiently and economically, and in accordance with the principles of good governance. In the CCG, the Governing Body is responsible for the CCG’s £504 million budget which is spent as efficiently as possible to provide […]

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