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About Buckinghamshire PCT

Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are the centre of the NHS and get 75% of the NHS budget which is used to buy healthcare on behalf of the population for Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire PCT employs over 1,700 staff, serves a population of approximately 500,000 and holds a budget of over £600m. The PCT was formed on 1st October 2006 and builds on the foundations of its three predecessor PCTs - Vale of Aylesbury, Chiltern and South Bucks, and Wycombe.

The PCT vision for the future is based on five key objectives:

1. Increase life expectancy
2. Reduce inequalities
3. Improve quality and safety of patient services
4. Win approval of local people
5. Achieve financial stability

Our values

We will:

Make a real difference by adaptively making things happen
Be accountable and hold others to account
Behave with integrity, openness and honesty
Listen and be listened to; challenge and be challenged; support and be supported
Ensure our decisions are based on best available evidence
Actively learn and implement innovative solutions, and
Encourage behaviour consistent with our values, acting against those who damage our values.

Our successes

In recent years the PCT has made significant progress in the provision of services. These include:

Improved methods for cervical screening
Transfer of traditional ‘hospital’ treatments to community settings
On-time implementation of the General Dental Contract
Development of a Primary Care Mental Health Service
On target to meet the ‘18-week pathway to treatment

The PCT will always work to ensure that the patient remains at the centre of all that we do. Our commitment to improving technology across the whole of primary care will enable us to provide patients with quicker and safer care.

Our local population is comparatively healthy and wealthy with a high level of educational qualifications, and we are committed to working with them to improve their overall health and well being.

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