Mission Statement

To give an influential voice to Practice Managers within West Sussex

OBJECTIVES

• To influence Policy and Procedure within West Sussex & within the wider NHS.
• To create meaningful partnerships with the PCT, LMC, Provider Organisations and primary care.
• To gather and give feedback to and from West Sussex Practice Managers, collate information and present it the PCT, PBC Consortiums and nationally to the NHS Alliance and/or Government.
• To provide a forum for supporting and mentoring Practice Managers
• To ensure provision of training/education specific to Practice Managers

AIMS
In order to achieve our objectives we aim to:-

• Set up regular meetings with a representative from each locality.
• To create a network of  Practice Managers in West Sussex
• To represent Practice Managers at key Meetings and other Strategic group

What is the West Sussex Practice Managers Steering Group?

• We are a group of non clinical professional, forward thinking leaders.
• We are experts in the field of business management, customer care, service redesign, service delivery and training
• We represent the modern NHS.

What we do is:-

• Work in consultation with the patients to create the NHS that they want
• Implement policy (not just talk about it)
• Translate policy and have the power to make it successful
• Work with and support our local communities
• Promote primary care and the practice management role.

We are the people to listen to and work with because:-

• We have a positive and proactive philosophy
• We have credibility with our patients
• We are inclusive not exclusive

We should matter to you because:-

• Practice Management is pivotal to the success of primary care
• The NHS matters and we care about its future
• We are passionate about the care of our patients
• We have a wealth of experience
• We are the change managers
• We are proud to be in the NHS

What can we do for you?

• Be a direct contact to the patients and front line staff
• Take policy from paper to reality in a meaningful way
• Initiate changes in policy
• Feed into new strategy and policy and ensure it’s feasibility
• Feed back on policy from the front line
• Support PCTs through transition and change
• Work with PCTs on rollout and implementation of policy at regional /local level
• Encourage and support the set up of  Patient Groups in every Practice in West Sussex
• Ensure quality training, learning and development opportunities.

What we want you to do for us is:-

• Listen to us
• Involve us
• Consult us
• Use us as a sounding board
• Work with us not against us
• Let us have an input into policy