STRUCTURE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney will form a cluster with NHS Norfolk as part of plans to merge primary care trusts.
While the rest of the East of England region has formed clusters, Great Yarmouth and Waveney was considering whether to join its neighbours in Suffolk or Norfolk.
The move means the two PCTs will now come under the leadership of a single chief executive and executive team.
Each PCT will remain as a statutory body and keep its own board. The chief executive of NHS Norfolk, Andrew Morgan, will become chief executive of both PCTs. He will be required to put in place a single team of executive directors over the coming months. Each PCT will keep its own financial allocation to buy services to improve the health of its population. The cluster of PCTs is designed to deliver increased efficiency and keep the best staff to support the major changes facing the NHS.
Source date
17 February 2011
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