Kathryn Edwards
PMO Lead, Portfolio Management Office at NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group - Poole, ENG, UK
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NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the commissioning organisation for the whole county of Dorset. The group is a membership organisation, formed of all 86 local GP practices in the county.Our mission is to support the people of Dorset to lead healthier lives. What do we do?Our principal work is to plan, develop and buy health services on behalf of the local people. We are responsible for buying:Planned hospital careUrgent and emergency care, including the 111 serviceCommunity health servicesMental health and learning disability servicesRehabilitation careMaternity, children's and family servicesNHS continuing healthcareThe key providers across the county include:Dorset HealthCareDorset County HospitalPoole General HospitalRoyal Bournemouth and Christchurch HospitalSalisbury HospitalSouthampton University HospitalYeovil HospitalSouth West Ambulance ServiceThere are many other service providers from the charitable, voluntary and private sectors that allow patients a wider choice of service location and type.We are committed to improving the local health services to reflect their local population needs and do this by working through a number of Clinical Working Groups (CWGs), to consider where improvements can be made. Each of these work programmes is led by a GP, supported by other doctors, specialists and commissioning managers.