Coronavirus Information
Welcome to our new section dedicated to the coronavirus vaccination roll-out in County Durham.
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Patient Reference Groups (PRGs)
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 […]
Transfer of information to newly formed CCG
Information that has been held previously by NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG and NHS North Durham CCG is transferring to the new NHS County Durham CCG on 1 April 2020.
The new CCG will become the new data controller. Any questions about the use of data (including patient data) by the new CCG should be directed to cdccg.enquiries@nhs.net
Latest news
Fourth Large Vaccination Centre for the region to open in Darlington
A fourth Large Vaccination Centre for the region will open at the Darlington Arena on Monday 1st March 2021 adding even more capacity to help the NHS vaccinate as many…
Bishop of Durham vaccinated today at Arnison Centre in Durham
A third Large Vaccination Centre for the region opened today at Durham’s Arnison Centre adding additional capacity to help the NHS vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as…
Third Vaccination Centre to open in the North East and North Cumbria
A third Large Vaccination Centre for the region will open at Durham’s Arnison Centre on Monday 22nd February 2021 adding additional capacity to help the NHS vaccinate as many people…