I have attended these very important meetings previously, this year in Ely.
The Cambs & Peterborough – Clinic Commissioning Group, is primarily responsible for delivering most Health Services across its area.
They have an annual budget of £1.2 Billion for the current financial year and as maybe seen in various press articles – are always financially ‘stretched’
Only 12 people attended, of which 6 were aligned health proffesionals and 2 from the press, that left 4 public, Myself, Cllr Mrs Kay Mayor (Chair of FDC) and Mr Bernard Gray-Esson (Lakeside NQS PPG) and 1 other.
Ex Whittlesey NQS GP Mr Gary Howsan has been the Chair of the CCG for 4 years.
Two major highlighs were that the over spend budget of £31 Million has been in effect written off, by agreement with the Government (The pre-arrangement being that if this figure was exceeded- then there would be penalties).
The other highlight being that the area covered is one of the lowest funded in the region.
I did ask questions (as I do!), did the written off money impact any other CCG/Health Groups and the answer was NO.
Peterborough City Hospital, still remains very challenging in funding sevices.
You can visit the Cambs & Peterborough CCG Website by clicking on the link
