Clinical Commissioning Groups have a lot of duties that are set out in various laws, including the Health Act 2006, the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the Equality Act 2012 and others.
Here is a selection of some of the most important duties:
- To promote the NHS Constitution and promote awareness of the Constitution
- To be effective, efficient and economical with public money
- To continually improve the quality of services
- To improve the quality of GP, dental and optician services
- To reduce inequality between patients, including making them accessible to everyone and making health outcomes more equal
- To promote involvement of patients in the business of the CCG
- To promote the involvement of patients in the decisions about their care and treatment
- To support patients to make choices about their care and the services they need
- To get advice from professional experts when it is needed to support the making of good decisions
- To promote innovation
- To promote research and use evidence from research
- To promote education and training
- To promote the integration of commissioning and the integration of services to improve quality and reduce inequality