All posts by Ciara Machon

Help shape the Primary Care Strategy

We are seeking feedback and comments from BNSSG patients to update and deliver Healthier Together’s Primary Care Strategy.

Our renewed Primary Care Strategy will set out the transformation of Primary Care services, which includes dentistry, optometry and community pharmacy, with general practice at the heart. As more and more care shifts out of hospital into the community, it is important that those commissioning the care, delivering the care and experiencing the care all share the same vision and understanding of Primary Care.

Please go to bnssgccg.nhs.uk/pcs-survey to take part!!

Our services to practices, primary care networks and localities

Over the past couple of months, and building on the feedback practices gave us at our shareholder event last November, we have been working with many of you to develop our One Care offer to practices, PCNs and localities.

By clicking on the image below, you will find a copy of our offer to practices. To align with this release, we have also updated our One Care portal hosted by Clarity TeamNet. The link to our portal can be found in the top right-hand corner on our site.

Finally, this website is currently under construction to reflect our new services so watch this space for more!!

New independent chair appointed to our board

Following a competitive recruitment process, the Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Simon Bradley as our new Independent Chair with immediate effect. Simon replaces Dr John Heather who resigned at the end of last year. The Board would like to thank John for all his hard work and dedication to the role and we are delighted that he will remain as a member of the Board representing the Weston Locality Board.

This independent GP leadership role is new in our governance structure. It’s different to our previous Chair role, as we wanted to recruit someone who is a GP in a BNSSG practice but not a member of a locality board or has a role in the governance of any other organisation. The purpose of this role will be to be an advocate for general practice and to work with Ruth Taylor and the Exec Team to ensure that One Care continues to understand and meet the needs of its shareholder practices.