Newcastle North East Commissioning Group

Welcome to the home page of the Newcastle North East Commissioning Group (NNECG), a consortium of GP Practices from the North and East Localities of Newcastle who have come together as part of Practice Based Commissioning (PBC).

Newcastle North East Commissioning Group aims to ensure the patients served by the group have access to the highest quality healthcare.

We will deliver this with sound clinical and managerial governance, involving patients, staff and clinicians in an equitable, transparent and needs based commissioning process upholding the values of the NHS.

We will provide a Primary Care driven cost effective service for the local population with the involvement and cooperation of both internal and external stakeholders.

This purpose of this site is to allow dissemination of resources to Practices within our consortium to enable them to participate in Practice Based Commissioning.

LATEST NEWS

After a long search we have now employed a nurse to help with the Osteoporosis project. Julie Reid who has a background in community nursing, took up post at the beginning of June and has been to several practices already. Full contact details to be confirmed.

There is a new Osteoporosis Support Group meeting on the 25 June 2009, 6.30 pm at MEA House, Ellison Place, Newcastle, NE1 8XS. The speaker will be Anne Sutcliffe. Download the full poster details here.

The direct access Dexa scan business case was presented to the Commissioning Decision Panel and it was agreed that the NNECG could trial the service. Referral documentation and pathways are being decided with the aim of starting the service at the beginning of August. Keep an eye out for more launch information when it is available.

Website Password - I have had to change the password for practices to access the website. Please email me for the new password.

New to the site

The NNECG Incentive scheme 2009/10 choices are now available.

The new Open Access ECHO referral form is now available.

Clinical Commissioning report from the World Class Commissioners.

Please feel free to browse the site and contact me with any comments, hints or ideas that you may have (Philippa.Dodds@nhs.net).