How Liverpool Primary Care Trust PCT) commissions – pays and plans for – services on your behalf.
Commissioning in the NHS is the process of ensuring that the health and care services provided effectively meet the needs of the population.
It is a complex process with responsibilities ranging from assessing population needs, prioritising health outcomes, procuring products and services, and managing service providers.
These services are then monitored by commissioners to ensure they deliver both a good quality service for patients and provide value for money.
Examples of who Liverpool PCT commissions service from include GPs, dentists, community pharmacists, NHS and private hospitals, and voluntary sector organisations.
Organisations providing services for the population of Liverpool include:
Aintree University Hospitals
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Liverpool Heart and Chest
Mersey Care NHS Trust
NHS Liverpool Community Health
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Walton Centre NHS Trust For information on how Primary Care Trusts fit into the NHS click here.
For information on Primary Care Commissioning click here.
