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South Somerset Primary Care Trust (PCT) provides community and primary care health services to a population of 150,000 people. We have approximately 700 staff who cover an area similar to South Somerset District Council (excluding Bruton) and includes Chard, Ilminster, Langport and surrounding areas.
Primary Care Trusts have responsibility for all health care locally, and increasing the range of service providers so that local people can choose what they want for themselves and their families.
The work of the Primary Care Trust is led and directed by its Board. The Board is responsible for the policies, strategies and performance of the Trust. It ensures that the Professional Executive Committee is performing effectively, that high standards of conduct are maintained and that local patients’ needs and interests are taken into account. For these reasons, the Board has seven lay people as Non Executive Directors as well as a lay Chairman.
The Board has four main functions, which are:
- Promoting the success of the Trust by directing and supervising its affairs.
- Providing active leadership whilst ensuring there are sound and effective controls that enable any risks to be assessed and managed
- Setting the Trust’s strategic aims (link to further down the page), ensuring that the necessary funds and staff are in place to meet its objectives, and reviewing management performance.
- Setting the organisation’s values and standards and ensuring that its obligations to patients, the local community and the Secretary of State are understood and met.
The Board and Professional Executive Committee are supported in their work by the Executive Management Team and a range of committees each of which brings together the professional skills and experience necessary to ensure the Trust discharges its duties properly and effectively.
The Trust has Board meetings every month except for August, These meetings are open to the public and are held throughout South Somerset so everyone has the opportunity to attend.
Each meeting has Board Papers, which contain the agenda, minutes of previous meetings and items to be discussed.
Trust Board papers are available in Public Libraries, at the Board Meetings and to anyone who requests them. We also produce a summary of the Board meetings called Trust Board Briefings, which you may find useful.
You can request copies of the Board papers or the Trust Board Briefing by contacting us at the address below.
Below are the Directors and Officers of the Trust Board
Directors and Officers
Working Together for Healthy Communities
To promote health and wellbeing, and to deliver accessible, affordable, safe and effective health care that meets the needs and preferences of the people of South Somerset
- We conduct our business in an open and transparent way
- We take pride in what we do
- We value our staff
- We are a learning organisation
- We respect our communities, our partners and each other
- We believe in promoting health, wellbeing and equality
- We support our staff to be responsible and accountable
- We are open to new ideas
We will:
- Provide health and social care services closer to people’s homes;
- Support people in South Somerset to improve their health, lead a healthier lifestyle and prevent illness;
- Work with people to develop the skills and knowledge needed for them to take more responsibility for their own health;
- Provide high quality and safe services, which are accessible and provide best value for money;
- Offer a wide range of health services for people to choose from and high quality information to help them make their
choices;
- Provide services that are in a safe and clean environment whilst treating people with respect, dignity and compassion;
- Value people’s knowledge, experiences and suggestions so we can respond to their needs and improve our services.
(the numbers in brackets relate to the priorities above)
We will achieve our Priorities by setting up the following work programmes:
1. Safety: (4,6)
We will deliver our services by competent and trained staff, promoting safe and effective care
2. Clinical and Cost Effectiveness: (4)
We will achieve excellence in service provision and service development, by actively promoting evidence based practice and continuous quality improvements
3. Governance (4,6,7)
We will embed the principles of good public service governance throughout the organisation
4. Patient Focus (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
We will ensure that the perspectives of our service users and carers are central to the planning, development, delivery and review of services
5. Accessible and Responsive Care (1,2,3,5)
We will develop, commission and provide a range of accessible services that allow people to make informed choices about self care, disease management and complex care
6. Care Environment and Amenities (6)
We will ensure that care is provided in environments that support health and wellbeing for service users
7. Public Health (2)
We will promote, protect and improve the health of communities and reduce health inequalities.
We will continue to work closely with all our partners to make this happen. Organisations we work closely with include Somerset Social Services, Local Authorities including South Somerset District Council, Voluntary Organisations and Schools.
South Somerset Primary Care Trust
Chataway House
Chard Business Park
Leach Road
Chard
TA20 1FR
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Tel: 01460 238600
Fax: 01460 238699
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