Primary Care Provider Organisations

1
Primary Care Provider Organisations Do we need
one in Somerset?
2
Points for discussion

• Where are we now?
• Do we need a provider organisation?
• What are the benefits/risks?
• When and how?

3
Where are we now in Somerset?

• WyvernHealth.Com Commissioning organisation
• Commissioner or Provider what turns you on?
• DoH Darzi reforms
• Any willing provider
• World Class Commissioning

4
What are the benefits?

• Increase in income
• Protection of primary care
• Increased responsiveness to tenders
• Easier to undertake joint ventures
• Economies of scale
• Greater synergy
• Increase in co-operation vs competition

5
What are the risks if we dont?

• Lose the work to private providers
• Lose income opportunities
• Less influence to provide the best services to
  our patients

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What are the risks if we do?

• Size and complexity
• Disengagement of current members
• Distracts from core business
• Financial input

7
Should Wyvern take this forward?

• Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

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How?

• Establish a Steering Group Volunteers?
• Funding?
• Timescale?
• Input from Wyvern?