Who are Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group and what do they do?

Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (RCCG) does not have a legal standing but has been given delegated responsibility for a budget of £338 million, by NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, to improve the health of people in Rotherham and to provide safe, high quality health services. The CCG is responsible for commissioning community health services, hospital health services, health aspects of social and continuing care, GP prescribing and GP out of hours services that Rotherham people use.

The CCG was established in January 2011 and is led by local GPs who have day to day knowledge of the health problems that Rotherham residents face. Eight GPs form the Strategic Clinical Executive which is responsible for producing clear and credible plans to improve health and health services and leading their delivery.  A further eight GPs sit on the GP Reference Committee. This is responsible for two way communication and engagement between the CCG and all 150 GPs in Rotherham. Every Rotherham General Practice is a member of the CCG.  CCG decisions are made by the CCG Committee. This is currently accountable to the Department of Health through NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Board.  The CCG is to be an independent statutory body from April 2013. At that point the CCG Committee will become the CCG Board whose membership will include lay members, GPs, senior managers, a nurse, a hospital consultant and Rotherham’s Director of Public Health.

RCCG Vision

‘Your Life, Your Health’ -  RCCG is a dynamic, clinically led commissioning organisation committed to the efficient delivery of high quality care and to responding to the challenges set by the new health system.  Patients and carers are at the heart of our business as we deliver safe, seamless patient-centred care, as close to patients’ homes as possible.  Supported by a competent and experienced management team and working in partnership with high achieving local organisations to improve the quality and experience of health care for Rotherham people.

‘Your Life, Your Health’ (Single Integrated Plan)

RCCG has produced a Single Integrated Plan ‘Your Life, Your Health’, the plan outlines the CCG’s vision, values and priorities for the forthcoming years.  Its purpose is to allow us to see how our performance, finance, quality, efficiency, workforce and IT plans are consistent with each other and aligned with the requirements of the NHS Operating Framework 2012/13. Our Single Integrated Plan can be found here and Executive Summary can be found here.

Authorisation 

In December 2012 RCCG had its authorisation (effective from April 2013) confirmed. The authorisation process, led by the NHS Commissioning Board, was designed to ensure that we meet safe thresholds to enable us to assume full statutory responsibility.

CCGs are assessed through six domains to provide assurance that they can safely discharge their statutory responsibilities for commissioning healthcare services and to encourage CCGs to be clinically led organisations. Read more.

CCG Committee Papers