Voluntary and Community Sector Engagement with Sandwell & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group

Introduction

In April 2013 Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (SWBCCG) was formed to take a lead role in the delivery of local health services, largely replacing the local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). This new body, set up as a consequence of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, aims to give GPs and other clinicians the power to influence commissioning decisions for their patients.

From the earliest days of the CCG, local VCS infrastructure organisations, SCVO in Sandwell and BVSC in Birmingham, have sought to broker engagement between the CCG and our local voluntary and community organisations. Now, 18 months after the creation of the CCG, we would like to hear from you about your experience of the CCG to date and to learn where the relationship can be strengthened.

The information you give to us will be treated in the STICTEST CONFIDENCE. Figures drawn from this survey will only be shared as a collection of data: no individual information/names of participants will be disclosed to any third party.

Please complete as much as you can of this survey. If you have any questions relating to this survey, or if you feel that SCVO can help you in any way, please contact Leona Bird on 0121 525 1127, e-mail: leona@scvo.info. Please complete the survey by Friday 12 September 2014

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Organisation

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* 3. Role in Organisation

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* 4. Telephone

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* 5. E-mail

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* 6. Number of Employees in your Organisation

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* 7. What was your approximate income over the last 12 months?

£0 - £15,000

£15,000 - £250,000

Over £250,000

Don't Know

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* 8. Through the work of your group/ organisations and the services you provide, do you ...

Help people who may otherwise be isolated to remain socially active?

Provide information and guidance about healthy lifestyles?

Provide activities and services which support and enable healthy lifestyles?

Reach people in the community who do not normally access mainstream services?

Help those who have health problems to manage their condition better?

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* 9. How much do you feel you know about Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG and what it does?

I understand it well

I know what it is but don't understand what it does

I don't know that much

I've never heard of it

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What contact does your group/organisation have with your local GP or GP cluster?

GPs signpost people to our service

We deliver GP-funded services

No contact

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What would assist you in finding out more about the CCG? You can chose more than one

Direct contact from CCG

Information on CCG lead officers

VCS/CCG engagement events and meetings

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Is your organisation currently or has it previously been commissioned to deliver services by Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG?

Yes, currently

Yes, previously

No, never

Not sure

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* 13. If yes to the above, please provide details of funding and your experience of working with the CCG

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* 14. How would you rate Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG's engagement and involvement with the Voluntary and Community Sector to date?

Excellent

Fair

Poor

Not sure

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* 15. Would you like to have future involvement and engagement with Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG?

Yes

Not Sure

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* 16. If yes to the above, how would you like this to take place? You can chose more than one

Through CCG-led engagement meetings

Through VCS-led engagement meetings with invited lead from CCG

Virtually through web/e-mail

Through existing Forums/meetings

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Would your organisation be interested in delivering CCG-commissioned services in the future?

Yes

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* 18. If no to the above, please give a reason why?

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* 19. If yes to the above, please give details of what support you would need, if any to do this

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* 20. How prepared is your organisation to respond to commissioning opportunities?

Very Well

Fairly Well

Not Very Well

Not At All

Not Sure

DID YOU KNOW? SCVO and BVSC are bringing together information about local health and wellbeing services within a web portal to enable local residents, GPs, voluntary organisations and other practitioners to find out where they can access different kinds of support in the community.

To find out more view the portal at www.route2wellbeing.info and contact Mazeline Hemmings at SCVO on 0121 525 1127 email mazeline@scvo.info to get yourself listed

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THIS SURVEY