The 2011/12 NHS Operating Framework concluded that it would not be possible to retain effective management capacity in all Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) until their abolition (currently planned for April 2013). In response, PCTs have been brought together in ‘clusters’. The Merseyside Cluster is made up of NHS Halton & St Helens, NHS Knowsley, Liverpool PCT and NHS Sefton.
Since 1st February 2012 the Merseyside PCTs, which remain accountable bodies until 31st March 2013, have a single chair for the four PCTs and a single set of seven Non Executive Directors.
Gideon Ben-Tovim OBE, Chair the NHS Merseyside Board, becomes Chair of the four Merseyside PCTs. The following Non Executive Directors have been appointed to all constituent PCTs and also serve on the NHS Merseyside Board:
Jim Wilson – Vice Chair,
Paul Acres
Graham Wright
David Merrill
Keith Cawdron
Peter Hinton
Maureen Williams
Although each PCT is still a separate statutory organisation, the Cluster has a single executive team (see below for details). The Merseyside Cluster’s Chief Executive, Derek Campbell is the Accountable Officer for each of the PCTs in the cluster and leads the Cluster executive team:
Phil Wadeson, Director of Finance
Jane Raven, HR Director Lead
Stephen Cox, Medical Director
Trish Bennett, Director of Service Improvement/Executive Nurse
Jim Hughes, Director of Commissioning Development
Clare Duggan, Director of Strategic Change
You can view NHS Merseyside board papers and meeting dates on the NHS Halton & St Helens website, please click here
