PEC Chairs

Continuing change may present many challenges to clinical leadership in PCTs - but PECs and clinical leaders are essential to maintain the strategic overview and the connectivity with the full range of policy initiatives.

In this area the network offers resources and opportunities for PEC Chairs and members to learn from each other, and influence policy makers and the wider NHS.

World Class Commissioning
Dear colleague letter (Word, 428KB) from Gary Belfield, Director of Commissioning, DH (December 2007)

Guidance published following DH consultation on the future of PECs
The DH have now published their guidance on the future of PECs.  This follows extensive consultation, into which the PEC Chairs' Network fed.   The briefing note below summarises the views collated to the end of the year, which Peter Melton, the Chair of the PEC Chairs’ Network, fed through to the DH PEC Reference Group. See the event on 27 February for later comments.

PEC Chairs Network meeting, 9 October 2007
Meeting on 'World Class Commissioning and the PEC'.Guest: Mark Britnall, Director General of Commissioning and System Management, DH.

PEC Chairs event, 27 February 2007
At this meeting the PEC Chairs discussed draft Department of Health guidance about the future of PECs, and fed back to the Department their views on progress so far.  It is expected that the guidance will be published later in the year.  The PEC Chairs also discussed PECs' potential leadership role in service redesign.

PEC Chairs event, 7 June 2006:

PEC recruitment documents (July 2007)

Useful documents from the PEC Chairs Network:

Other useful documents:

Network contact: Krishna Patel, krishna.patel@networks.nhs.uk