Information on the number of practices taking up an incentive payment to participate in practice-based commissioning is shown in the following table.
Strategic health authority (SHA) name Number of practices in SHA Number of practices taking up an incentive payment Percentage of practices taking up an incentive payment Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 224 81 36 Essex 288 57 20 North Central London 285 43 15 North East London 344 218 63 South East London 284 225 79 South West London 230 172 75 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 233 127 55 County Durham and Tees Valley 172 42 24 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 251 76 30 Cumbria and Lancashire 347 194 56 Greater Manchester 545 286 52 Cheshire and Merseyside 418 113 27 Thames Valley 280 75 27 Surrey and Sussex 363 147 40 South West Peninsula 249 127 51 Somerset and Dorset 177 — — South Yorkshire 222 85 38 Trent 407 154 38 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 230 — — Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 285 203 71 Kent and Medway 287 — — Birmingham and the Black Country 500 335 67 West Yorkshire 349 141 40 West Midlands South 229 53 23 North West London 437 194 44 Shropshire and Staffordshire 257 90 35 Avon, Gloucestershire and. Wiltshire 314 75 24 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 226 141 62 Total—England 8,433 3,454 41 Notes: The information is correct as of 31 May 2006. Engagement in practice-based commissioning is measured through take up of an incentive payment. This may be the national directed enhanced service for practice-based commissioning or a local alternative. The Department is planning to publish information on the take-up of practice-based commissioning for future months. This will be available on the Department’s website
The NHS Appointments Commission is the body responsible for the appointment of chairs and non executives (NEDs) to all new primary care trusts—both non-reconfiguring primary care trusts (PCTs) and reconfiguring PCTs.
The final candidate who is being considered for the post of Chair of South West Essex Teaching PCT, which will be the new PCT covering the Thurrock area, will be interviewed on 24 July and the Appointments Commission anticipate that the chair-designate will be appointed at the end of July at a special board meeting of the Commission.
The non-executive director posts have been advertised and applications received. Once the chair-designate is known, the dates for shortlisting and interviewing these candidates can be arranged. The Appointments Commission aim to make the first NED appointments in September.
Revenue allocations for primary care trusts (PCTs) in 2006-07 and 2007-08 aggregated to strategic health authorities (SHAs) and Government regions and presented per person are shown in the tables.
£ SHA 2006-07 2007-08 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 1,160 1,262 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 1,134 1,239 Birmingham and the Black Country 1,355 1,484 Cheshire and Merseyside 1,406 1,536 County Durham and Tees Valley 1,403 1,542 Cumbria and Lancashire 1,320 1,436 Dorset and Somerset 1,213 1,324 Essex 1,185 1,300 Greater Manchester 1,396 1,524 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,163 1,265 Kent and Medway 1,198 1,312 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 1,136 1,252 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 1,153 1,266 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 1,206 1,311 North Central London 1,468 1,579 North East London 1,478 1,608 North West London 1,398 1,499 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 1,431 1,559 Shropshire and Staffordshire 1,206 1,319 South East London 1,478 1,594 South West London 1,276 1,370 South West Peninsula 1,237 1,350 South Yorkshire 1,382 1,507 Surrey and Sussex 1,240 1,339 Thames Valley 1,083 1,182 Trent 1,225 1,341 West Midlands South 1,175 1,290 West Yorkshire 1,312 1,422 England average 1,274 1,388
£ Government region 2006-07 2007-08 East 1,157 1,268 East Midlands 1,193 1,309 London 1,421 1,531 North East 1,419 1,551 North West 1,378 1,503 South East 1,173 1,275 South West 1,198 1,305 West Midlands 1,261 1,382 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,295 1,407 England average 1,274 1,388