PATHFINDER GP COMMISSIONING CONSORTIA ANNOUNCED

The Department of Health announced today the 52 areas in which pathfinder GP Commissioning Consortia will be starting work – there are a large number of these in the North West.

North West

Cumbria Senate                                         Salford PBC Consortium

Geographical area: Cumbria                   Geographical area: Salford

Number of practices:                                86 Number of practices: 55

Population size: 517,000                                     Population size: 240,000

Stockport Managed Care                       Manchester

(3 consortia: North, Central & South)

Geographical area: Stockport                Geographical area: Manchester

Number of practices: 53                          Number of practices: 105

Population size: 298,234                         Population size: 547,355

West Cheshire Health Consortium     Wirral GP Commissioning Consortium

Geographical area: Western Cheshire Geographical area: Part of the Wirral

Number of practices: 38                          Number of practices: 27

Population size: 260,000                         Population size: 128,729

Eastern Cheshire Commissioning        Trafford Commissioning Consortium

Consortium (ECCC)                                   (TCC)

Geographical area: East Cheshire          Geographical area: Trafford

Number of practices: 22                          Number of practices: 37

Population size: 201,252                         Population size: 221,500

Fleetwood Community                           Wirral NHS Alliance

Commissioning Group

Geographical area: Fleetwood,              Geographical area: Wirral

North Lancashire

Number of practices: 3                             Number of practices: 6

Population size:  25,000                          Population size: 32,000