Borderline
Commissioning Group

The Borderline Commissioning Group was established in April 2006 following changes to the boundaries of our local Primary Care Trusts.  The Group is comprised of the Jenner Health Centre, New Queen Street Surgery (Whittlesey), Stanground Surgery, Yaxley Group Practice, Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice, Oundle Surgery and the Doddington Medical Practice.  Together we commission and represent the primary and secondary care health needs of our combined patient populations, working with Commissioners and Service Providers from Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Northamptonshire Primary Care Trusts.

The Group meets monthly to discuss and review services within our locality and to look at new services that we can commission for our patients.  When considering new services to commission, we look at quality and safety standards, ease of access for patients, referral pathways and value for money.  Our principle aims are to deliver high quality, good value community-based services within our locality which improve the health and well-being of our patients.  Our Group is represented in local Area Commissioning Forums and includes patient representation.

Following publication of the recent White Paper on reforming the NHS, the Borderline Commissioning Group has been active adapting to this change. The Group is now becoming know as the Borderline Commissioning Cluster and the Cambridgeshire-based Practices become part of the first two pathfinder Consortia to go live in the eastern region. Our Cluster is expanding, welcoming Practices from Thorney and Eye and Peterborough (Nene Valley, Old Fletton, Hampton) to form a stronger Consortium through which to manage local healthcare needs. The Cluster will shortly be luanching its own dedicated website for further information.

Some of the recent services we have commissioned include:-

• A community-based Ultrasound Service offering direct access for GPs and lower waiting times
• A community-based Adult health improvement programme (CHIP Programme) starting in January 2009
• An expanded Young Peoples Counselling Service (WYPCS) rolling out to young people based in Yaxley and Stanground
• Enhanced Medicines Management and Prescribing Support to Practices
• A community-based Glaucoma screening and Cataract surgery service
• A community-based Vasectomy service

We are also looking at:-

• Diabetes care pathways and community-based Diabetes clinics
• A community-based Endoscopy service
• Maintaining local Out of Hours service provision
• Reviewing secondary care services which could be offered in the community

Click here if you would like to read our Commissioning Intentions for 2008/09

The following links will provide you with further details of the Borderline Commissioning Group Practices:-

• Yaxley Group Practice – www.yaxleygp.nhs.uk
• New Queen Street and Stanground Surgeries – www.stangroundsurgery.co.uk
• Wansford & Kings Cliff Practice – www.wansford.co.uk
• Oundle Surgery – www.oundlesurgery.nhs.uk