Contract for Management of Patient Forums for NHS Rushcliffe CCG

Please note the Maximum Budget for this work is £16,936.00 Rushcliffe CCG has a population of 123,576 registered with a GP practice. There are 12 GP Practices in Rushcliffe.

The CCG has a strong track record of engaging the public in commissioning; we have worked with the voluntary and community sector since 1999, with the remit to support wider engagement with the Rushcliffe population. Patient and public involvement is overseen by Rushcliffe CCG's Governing Body and a Patient Cabinet which is a sub-committee of the Governing Body.

Patients are involved in various task and finish groups and workstreams and through our Ebulletin opportunities to get involved are promoted widely. The CCG also supports the 'Active' Group which consists of representatives of each of the patient participation groups within the 12 GP practices.

Rushcliffe is also a Multi-specialty Community Provider (MCP) Vanguard under the name Principia. The MCP Vision is: "To provide a better quality of care for the people of Rushcliffe through an innovative, patient-centred, coordinated care delivery system, which is designed to improve our communities' health outcomes, increase our clinician and staff satisfaction and at the same time moderate the cost of delivering that care." The MCP is also an empowering people and communities (EPC) intensive site working to engage people in their own health and wellbeing to: • Build public health through community engagement • Support self-care and patient activation This is supported by the New Care Models Programme.

Aims and objectives of service 1. To support and develop condition specific patient forums across Rushcliffe and the Active Group. 2.

To ensure a fully inclusive approach to the development of and involvement in patient forums. 3. To seek out opportunities to promote the various patient forums and opportunities to get involved with the CCG. 4.

To widely disseminate information about the various patient forums. 5. To ensure patient /public views obtained through the patient forums are fed into the CCG. 6.

To support and develop the CCG Active group. 7. To support the patient forums to contribute effectively to the CCG/MCP service development and re-design approach. 8.

Provide links into local communities for Rushcliffe CCG. 9. Liaise with the local community and voluntary sector within Rushcliffe