List Of Primary Care Trusts In England
In October 2006, all Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) outside the London area were restructured. This reduced the number of PCTs from 303 to 152. At the same time, the number of strategic health authorities (SHAs) (which have responsibility for the PCTs) were also decreased (from 28 to 10). These ten new SHAs largely mimic the geography of the Government Office Regions. The exception to this is the South East Government Office Region which is covered by two strategic health authorities: South Central SHA and South East Cost SHA..
The PCTs are organised into clusters so as to achieve management cost savings, although the PCTs themselves remain separate statutory bodies. Whilst the majority of clusters contain multiple PCTs, there are some clusters, such as Cumbria, which consist of just a single primary care trust. In October 2011, the ten SHAs were also grouped into clusters, with each having its own executive team, chief executive, and directors. There are four SHA clusters, and these are London, North of England, NHS Midlands and East, and South of England.
As of 31 March 2013, PCTs and SHAs will be abolished, with clinical commissioning groups taking over the function of commissioning health and care services. This is as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
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