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Do you live in Sheffield or are you registered with a Sheffield doctor?

 

Would you like to be kept informed about local health services?

 

Would you like to help shape future health services in Sheffield?

 

If the answer is yes then join the NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Involve me network.

 

What is ‘Involve me, Sheffield CCG’

‘Involve me, Sheffield CCG’ has been set up as a way of involving people who care about their local NHS and who would like to be kept updated, or get involved and have their say, on commissioning decisions for the benefit of Sheffield people.

 

We want to create a relationship with as many people as possible to give people the opportunity to hear what’s really going on in the local NHS ‘straight from the horse’s mouth’ and to gather views on health and social care to inform the key decisions that we make.

 

What will I need to do?

To get involved all you need to do is sign up to our network by giving us your name and contact details. We will send you regular updates from the CCG and inform you of any engagement opportunities such as our monthly Governing Body meetings, CCG public events and service consultations that you may want to get involved in.

 

As a patient, carer and citizen of Sheffield, your voice will be at the heart of the decisions we make and will help shape healthcare services in Sheffield. The only way we will get it right is by listening, hearing and acting upon your suggestions, experience and feedback and we are committed to supporting every person in the city to have their say.

 

What do I get in return?

If you sign up to the ‘Involve me, Sheffield CCG’ engagement network we will send you:

 

  • Regular updates about the CCG and local NHS health services via a quarterly newsletter. You can also let us know what your health interests are so that we can specifically provide you with information that’s relevant to you.
  • Information about the various engagement opportunities that the CCG will organise.
  • Invites to CCG public events such as the Annual Public Meeting and other public meetings that are held throughout the year.
  • Information about our monthly Governing Body meetings which give you the chance to find out about Governing Body's discussions and the decision-making process. The meeting also gives members of the public an opportunity to ask questions about Governing Body agenda items at the end of each meeting. You can send your questions to the CCG prior to Governing Body via letter, email or phone, and then either ask them in person at a Governing Body meeting, or have them registered, with the answer, as a question at the meeting.
  • The opportunity to ‘have my say’ about new services and service changes.
  • Information about consultations that you can get involved in and have your say.
  • Reimbursement of out of pocket expenses for involvement in CCG activity.

 

Call us on 0114 305 4609.

 

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Commissioners Working Together is a collaborative of eight clinical commissioning groups and NHS England across South and Mid Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire – and we’re a part of it.

 

Planning and commissioning on a wider footprint is becoming increasingly urgent as more and more people use NHS services, live longer and technology and how care is delivered improves. For some services, there won’t be enough trained and experienced staff in the future and costs are exceeding funding in the future.

 

By working together to plan and commission services across a wider footprint, CWT is sharing knowledge, expertise and resource to find the best solutions. The workstreams being explored within CWT are critical care for people who have had a stroke, children’s surgery and anaesthetic services, urgent and emergency care, living with and beyond cancer, smaller specialties (ENT, OMFS and ophthalmology) and a strategic review of all services.

 

To learn more, visit http://www.smybndccgs.nhs.uk

 

We want to know what matters

We want to know what matters to you when accessing children's surgery and critical stroke care services.

 

We are working together with neighbouring NHS organisations across South and Mid Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire to plan and provide the best quality care for those who require specialist services.

 

Why we need this review

There are several reasons for this review of these specialist services, these include:

 

  • Different district general hospitals refer people to specialist centres in different ways
  • Doctors who work in smaller hospitals don’t see as many cases as the bigger hospitals
  • There is a national shortage of some health care professionals
  • Some people have better experiences, better outcomes and better access to services than others. We want everyone to experience the highest quality and safest service possible.
  • Staying the same isn't an option

 

Doctors, nurses and healthcare staff all agree that the way these specialist services are provided across the region won’t meet their high standards in the future and that this needs to change.

 

Staying the same isn’t an option for the future. Working across a wider area means we can make sure that everyone has the same access, experiences and outcomes and bring about excellent healthcare together.

 

People tell us they want their care to be as close to home as possible and this is what we are trying to do. We want to plan and buy as much of your care as close to you as we can. However, for more specialist treatment, we will need some regional centres of excellence. This could mean changing the way we provide services locally and how you access them.

 

Tell us what matters to you

It is really important that we hear what is important to you when accessing these services.

 

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In 2014/15 we made good progress towards fulfilling our ambitions. Some of the achievements can be seen below:

 

Elective Care

 

  • The pipelle sampling pilot for gynaecological investigations has enabled women to receive testing at their GP practice rather than attending the hospital, likewise the dermatology pilot has supported secondary care clinicians to be able to view photographic images of skin lesions in order for them to undertake diagnosis without the need for the patient to travel to hospital.
     
  • We have worked with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to enable more people to book a hospital appointment electronically using Choose and Book eReferral, which means patients can choose the hospital they go to and a date and time of appointment to suit them. The majority of hospital appointments can now be made via Choose and Book and more GP practices are now using the system.

 

Urgent Care

 

  • Working with Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Single Point of Access (a service which helps signpost patients to the right part of the health system for their needs) to develop a new service enabling paramedics to arrange additional care and support for patients in their own homes, rather than being transported to hospital as would have happened previously.
  • Working in partnership with a local pharmacy to provide a wide range of community pharmacy services including minor ailments, out-of-hours and the dispensing of medicines in an emergency. This approach has clearly demonstrated the benefit to local patients and is currently being put onto a formal basis to ensure its sustainability in the coming years.

 

Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities

 

  • We continue to work with partners across the city to improve services for people with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities. This year we signed a joint declaration with a number of partner organisations across South Yorkshire (including the Police, service users and carers, and the ambulance service) underpinning our shared commitment to improve care and support for people in mental health crisis. There is a local version of the plan available to view on the national website http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk.
     
  • In order to meet the standards set out in the Winterbourne Concordat (around reducing the number of people with learning disabilities in inappropriate hospital care), we have worked with partners such as independent care providers and Social Services to avoid out of city placements, and have established local services in order to enable people to return to Sheffield and live closer to their families.
     
  • We have developed a new mental health service for 16 and 17 year olds which means that a dedicated, age-appropriate service is now available to this group for the first time.

 

Active Ageing, Cancer, End of Life Care and Long-term Condition

 

  • We have contributed to a successful Big Lottery bid for the ‘Ageing Better’ programme, focusing on preventing and reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people, which can lead to mental health problems in this vulnerable group.
     
  • Working through an innovative partnership with Macmillan Cancer Care, the CCG has supported a citywide cancer survivorship programme, looking at the needs of people living with and beyond cancer, and disseminating the findings of new research.
     
  • We have been working with local practices to develop the GP led local care planning service, which aims to ensure that people who have long term health conditions have a proactive, holistic plan to maximise their independence and reduce deterioration and crises in their health.

 

Children, Young People and Maternity

 

  • The new ‘Itchy, Wheezy, Sneezy’ project has established allergy clinics in general practice that provide allergy care for children and young people based in the community, which means they can be seen by a specialist closer to home, instead of having to go into hospital.
     
  • We have undertaken a review of child safeguarding arrangements with Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and will be making improvements to a number of services in the next financial year as a result of this work.

 

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NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) comprises of 87 GP practices and is fully authorised as the statutory organisation with responsibility for commissioning (buying) many of the healthcare services for our local population of approximately 580,000 people.

 

The CCG works with other clinicians, healthcare professionals, patients and the public, to deliver high quality, efficient and cost effective healthcare services for people across the whole of Sheffield.

 

Dr Tim Moorhead, local GP and Chair of NHS Sheffield CCG, comments:

 

“Clinical commissioning places GPs and other care professionals in a leading role in commissioning healthcare in Sheffield. We believe that clinical leadership of commissioning will make a real difference to the health of our population and their experience of healthcare. It will place patients at the heart of all our discussions with providers of healthcare and all our commissioning decisions.”

 

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What is Clinical Commissioning?

 

All GPs are involved in commissioning. Every time a GP sees a patient, they decide whether to prescribe medication, refer them to another part of the NHS or admit them to hospital.

 

These decisions are made in the best interest of the patient; the GP’s training, knowledge and experience of hospitals, services and secondary care clinicians are all elements considered in consultation with the patient.

 

In determining what the patient needs, GPs involve their patients to agree how NHS resources are to be allocated, the care pathway a patient will take, the drugs that are most appropriate and the services best suited to their needs.

 

GPs have always been at the front line of NHS care and they are now taking a lead role in commissioning within the NHS. It is important for both patients and clinicians that quality services are available for the people of Sheffield within the financial constraints of the NHS.

 

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NHS Sheffield CCG is holding a public engagement meeting about our guidance for prescribing gluten free products in 2016/17. Whether you live with Coeliac disease or not, we would like to invite you to come along to our meeting to discuss these issues further.

 

It will be held on Wednesday 16 March 6 - 7.30pm at the Circle, Rockingham Lane. S1 4FW

 

If you are interested in coming along please register for a place at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gluten-free-prescribing-in-sheffield-tickets-21303935645

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