Transcript Portsmouth City Primary Care Alliance

Portsmouth City Primary
Care Alliance
GILL HARRISON AND JAN MAT THEWS
Challenges to Primary Care
Changing Health Needs Ageing population – more complex health needs
Alcohol and drug misuse, smoking, obesity
Larger organisations looking to become providers of primary care
Health inequalities among the population
Reducing income to practices
Individual practices working with limited resources
A Portsmouth Alliance
Working with member practices to develop a new model of primary care provision
Practices continue to provide day-to-day activities in their own way
Strength in numbers – more collective bidding for services demonstrates that primary care is
working together
Potential to work with our neighbouring areas of Fareham and Gosport and South East Hants to
deliver services.
Purpose / Intention of the Alliance
Primary care at scale
Working together, looking for economies of scale, sharing resources
General Medical Services +
Services over and above the day-to-day working of practices, looking to the wider intentions of
the CCG
Working with practices, clusters and citywide to develop services
Being able to bid for pockets of money on behalf of practices when opportunities arise
How far have we got?
- consultations held with practices earlier this year with agreement that an Alliance was the way
forward and that a Development Manager should be employed.
- CCG has given commitment to support Primary are Provision and the principle of an Alliance
- July 28th – Appointment of Development Project Manager
- On-going communication / consultations with practices, individuals, groups to enable
discussions as to the way forward.
-Legal advice sort as to the options available – now back with practices / cluster groups for
consideration as to what member practices would like the Alliance to look like.
What will the Alliance look like?
It will be shaped by member practices to reflect needs and priorities
On-going development will be an interactive process
As momentum picks up and resources become available it will grow
It can be fully flexible
It’s ready to act now!