People living on the Fylde Coast are invited to give their views on how NHS money should be spent across the region at a series of events this week.
NHS Blackpool and NHS Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will work in partnership with the six other CCGs in Lancashire – Lancashire North, East Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, West Lancashire, Chorley and South Ribble and Greater Preston – to develop a consistent approach to health commissioning across the county.
In order to ensure polices are consistent and offer a fair approach across the county, a working group consisting of representatives from each of the CCGs, along with Public Health consultants and other health representatives has agreed to review and wherever possible develop joint polices across Lancashire.
Members of the public are invited to attend one of three public forums on Thursday to learn more about the proposals and give their views on them. The forums will take place at:
- 10am to noon, Solaris Centre, New South Promenade, Blackpool, FY4 1RW
- 2pm to 4pm, Thornton Little Theatre, Fleetwood Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3SZ
- 6pm to 8pm, The Eco Pod, Queen Elizabeth II Park View Playing Fields, Park View Road, Lytham, FY8 4JE
All comments received at the forums will be fed back to the CCGs and the working group as part of the development process. The CCGs do not intend to completely change the current policies, but update them to reflect changes to national guidance.
For the majority of patients this will mean little or no change to the services they can access.
Further opportunities for public involvement and feedback, including surveys and additional public forums or focus groups on individual clinical policies will be made available as they are developed and available for discussion.
More information about this work can be found at http://www.fyldeandwyreccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/policy-harmonisation.
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Notes:
- NHS Fylde and Wyre and NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are the organisations responsible for planning and buying health services in their areas to meet patients’ needs. This is known as ‘commissioning’.
- NHS Blackpool CCG is taking part in this consultation process. However, it will be at the discretion of the CCG’s Governing Body to adopt the Lancashire wide Statement of Principles or any resulting clinical policies.
