1. Simon Hairsnape Wyre Forest GP Commissioning Consortium

2. GP Commissioning Responsibility for Commissioning from 2013:
2011 “Developing and Learning”;
2012 “Dry Run”.
‘Managed’ by NHS Commissioning Board.
Statutory NHS Organisations.
Duty of Partnership.
Contribute to Public Health Agenda via Commissioning.
Performance Managed against Public Health Targets.
Nationally.
Significant Variation in Size and Style.

3. GP Commissioning Worcestershire – Three Consortia:
Wyre Forest;
Redditch and Bromsgrove;
South Worcestershire.
Development Programme:
Constitution;
Clinical leadership and management support
Boards;
Partnership working;
Public involvement;
Arrangements for delegation from NHS Worcestershire.
National Pathfinder Status.
PCT to GP Commissioning Transition.

4. GP Commissioning Shared Responsibility for Public Health.
Localisation vs. County Wide Working.
Recognition of the Need for Partnership Working.
Existing Joint Commissioning Arrangements.
Full and Active Membership of the Health and Well Being Board.
But questions:
Role of GP Commissioners in the public health agenda?
Access to public health advice and support?