CONSULTATION ON NEW PRIMARY CARE TRUST ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSULTATION ON NEW PRIMARY CARE TRUST ARRANGEMENTS IN WIRRAL

BACKGROUND Government announcement July 2005 l Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) to ask Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to develop proposals regarding PCTs l Cheshire & Merseyside propose reduction from 15 to 7 PCTs l Consultation period - Wednesday 14 December 2005 to Wednesday 22 March 2006. l

Existing PCTs in Cheshire and Merseyside Southport 1 Formby Crosby Litherland Bootle Wallasey 2 Maghull Rainford Billinge Knowsley 7 Prescot St Helens 4 Huyton Hoylake Liverpool 6 Great Sankey 10 9 Birkenhead Widnes 5 Bebington Garston 8 11 Speke Runcorn Heswall Frodsham Neston 12 Ellesmere Helsby Port 3 Warrington Lymm Knutsford Northwich Middlewich Winsford Chester 13 Nether Alderley 15 Bollington Macclesfield Holmes Chapel 14 Sandbach Nantwich Wilmslow Crewe Alsager Congleton 1. Southport & Formby 2. South Sefton 3. North Liverpool 4. Central Liverpool 5. South Liverpool 6. Knowsley 7. St Helens 8. Halton 9. Warrington 10. Birkenhead & Wallasey 11. Bebington & West Wirral 12. Ellesmere Port & Neston 13. Cheshire West 14. Central Cheshire 15. Eastern Cheshire

The Role of Primary Care Trusts l Health Improvement: – Improve and protect the local population’s health and reduce health inequalities – Ensure that health professionals play a key role l Commissioning: – Commission a range of safe and effective health services, working closely with partners – Increase GP involvement in decisions about services l Out of Hospital Care – Service Development: – Ensure range of services provided to meet local needs with appropriate clinical leadership

Options for Wirral Option 1 – no change Option 2 - a new PCT covering the Borough of Wirral l Option 3 - a new PCT covering: l the Borough of Wirral l the City of Chester l the western part of the Borough of Crewe & Nantwich, the Borough of Ellesmere Port & Neston, and the western part of the Borough of Vale Royal l Option 4 - a new PCT covering the Borough of Wirral and the county of Cheshire. l l

THE PREFERRED OPTION l The creation of a new Primary Care Trust for Wirral with the same boundary as the Borough of Wirral The consequential dissolution of Bebington & West Wirral PCT and Birkenhead & Wallasey PCT l Depending on the outcome a new organisation will become established between 1 July 2006 and 1 October 2006 l

Southport Map showing proposed PCTs for Cheshire and Merseyside Formby 1 Maghull Rainford Crosby Litherland Bootle Knowsley Prescot Wallasey 3 2 Hoylake Birkenhead Bebington Heswall Billinge Liverpool 6 Huyton St Helens 4 Widnes Garston Speke Runcorn Neston 5 Great Sankey Warrington Lymm Knutsford Frodsham Ellesmere Port Northwich Helsby Winsford 7 Sandbach Nantwich Bollington Macclesfield Holmes Chapel Middlewich Chester Nether Alderley Wilmslow Crewe Alsager Congleton 1. New PCT for Sefton 2. New PCT for Liverpool 3. Keeping Knowsley PCT 4. New PCT for St Helens and Halton 5. Keeping Warrington PCT 6. New PCT for Wirral 7. New PCT for Cheshire

MAKING YOUR VIEWS KNOWN You can make your views known in one of the following ways: § complete the form in the Consultation Document and return by use of a FREEPOST address. § either email your comments to consult@cmha. nhs. uk or download the form available on the SHA consultation website at www. cmha. nhs. uk/cmconsult. htm § phone on a FREEPHONE number - 0800 389 1366 - and leave a message. You will not be charged for this call. ALL DETAILS ARE IN THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

CONSULTATION ON SHAs AND AMBULANCE TRUSTS In addition, there are consultations on the following proposals to reduce: – the number of SHAs in north west England from three to one – the number of Ambulance Service Trusts in north west England from four to one Further information about these proposals can be obtained • on line http: //www. cmha. nhs. uk/ • email consult@cmha. nhs. uk or • by phone – Freephone 0800 389 1366 • and leaving your request