The Care Quality Commission is an independent body. Its role is to bring together the regulation of health and adult social care in England. One regulator helps to make sure that there are consistent standards of quality across all services.

Annual Health Check

Each year, every PCT and NHS Trust in England is required to complete an Annual Health Check declaration which states how it has performed against a set of national standards. These cover issues such as:

• Patient safety
• Clinical & Cost Effectiveness
• Corporate & Clinical Governance
• Involving Patients and the Public
• Access to services
• Healthcare premises and facilities
• Public health.

The declaration reflects the PCT’s assessment of its own performance, based on reports from internal management systems.

For 2009/10, the PCT has submitted one declaration; this is for Provider Services the arm that directly provides services (covering services such as Physiotherapy, Health Visiting and District Nursing).

From these internal processes, the Trust Board has arrived at an agreed declaration of full compliance against each of the core standards for 2009/10.

To see our 2009/10 annual health check declaration for the Provider Arm,

The declaration will be checked by the Care Quality Commission, which compares it to information it holds about the PCT. As part of this check, the PCT may be inspected.

Using the declarations by each PCT and Trust, together with reports on financial management, service reviews and the results of any inspections, the Care Quality Commission finally awards a performance rating based on meeting all of the Core Standards set by the Government in the assessment year.

• Not met
• Partially met
• Almost met
• Fully Met

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT received the following rating in 2008/09:
Fully Met 

Details of previous years’ Annual Health Check and star ratings reports may be found at www.cqc.org.uk. (The PCT is not responsible for external links.)

Vital Signs 2011

 
The Department of Health requires Primary Care Trusts to publish their performance against a range key performance measures known as Vital Signs. It's purpose is to inform you of our performance.

 
Please click here to view the 2011 report

Your money

We work to ensure that the best healthcare services are provided for you. Follow the below link to view documents relating to the spend of public funds at the PCT.

http://www.bpcssa.nhs.uk/fin_publicfunds_detail.aspx?pct=HOB