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| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG |
| Type | Clinical commissioning group |
| Established | 2013 |
| Dissolved | 2022 |
| Location | Cambridgeshire, Peterborough |
| Key people | Accountable Officer, Clinical Chair |
| Area served | Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Citizens Advice |
| Parent organization | NHS England |
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG was the statutory NHS clinical commissioning group that planned and bought health services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough between 2013 and 2022. It operated in the context of national reforms driven by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and worked with local providers including Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Cambridge Community Services, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, and primary care networks anchored on GP practices such as those in Huntingdon and St Ives. The CCG engaged with partners like Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, Healthwatch and local voluntary organisations including Age UK and Carers Trust.
The CCG was established following provisions in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that reorganised commissioning across the United Kingdom. It formed from predecessor clinical bodies that had evolved from Primary Care Trusts in the East of England region and took responsibility for commissioning services formerly managed by NHS England and regional commissioning consortia. During its existence it responded to national initiatives such as the Five Year Forward View, the Sustainability and Transformation Plans, and the formation of Integrated Care Systems in the later 2010s, while negotiating service changes with providers including Papworth Hospital and mental health services delivered by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The CCG faced local scrutiny during periods of financial pressure consistent with NHS financial deficits reported across multiple commissioning organisations.
The CCG was governed by a board including a Clinical Chair drawn from local GP leadership, an Accountable Officer, and lay members recruited through governance panels similar to those in other CCGs. Its committees mirrored national templates such as Audit Committees and Quality Committees, and it published governance documents aligning with the NHS Constitution. It operated commissioning support arrangements with organisations providing contracting, performance analytics, and continuing healthcare services similar to arrangements used by neighbouring CCGs in Norfolk and Suffolk. Strategic decisions were taken in formal meetings that involved partner representation from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority stakeholders, local councillors from Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council and clinical leads from specialties such as cardiology, maternity services, and mental health.
The CCG’s statutory responsibilities included planning, procuring and monitoring NHS services for populations registered with GP practices in its footprint, commissioning hospital care from providers like Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and community services from trusts such as Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust. It commissioned urgent and emergency care pathways involving East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust and accident and emergency units including Addenbrooke's Hospital, while funding specialised services in cardiology and oncology provided in regional centres such as Royal Papworth Hospital. It arranged mental health and learning disability services via Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and supported public health initiatives coordinated with Public Health England and local authority public health teams. The CCG also managed medicines commissioning linked to formularies used across the East of England and commissioning of continuing healthcare support delivered in partnership with social care teams in Peterborough and Fenland.
Contracting processes were undertaken with acute providers, community trusts, mental health providers and independent sector organisations, using frameworks comparable to those from NHS Shared Business Services. Major contracts included acute care with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and elective care pathways with local independent providers. It used procurement rules derived from NHS procurement policy and worked with commissioning support units and NHS England regional teams on tendering for services such as musculoskeletal pathways, podiatry, and ophthalmology. The CCG negotiated block and activity-based contracts, quality indicators aligned with NHS Outcomes Framework metrics, and monitored provider compliance via contract management boards, engaging regulators such as Care Quality Commission when concerns arose.
Performance monitoring drew on indicators such as waiting times, referral-to-treatment measures, and finance metrics published in board reports and national returns to NHS England. The CCG reported against standards established under national frameworks including the NHS Constitution and the NHS Outcomes Framework, and was subject to oversight by regional NHS teams and the Care Quality Commission. It responded to performance challenges by implementing transformation programmes reflective of the Five Year Forward View and collaborating with neighbouring health economies including Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System partners to deliver service redesigns aimed at reducing emergency admissions and improving elective throughput.
The CCG maintained formal accountability to NHS England for delivery of statutory commissioning functions and operated within regional planning frameworks of the East of England regional office. It convened multi-agency boards with Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, and local Clinical Senates to align health and social care commissioning, housing and social support initiatives involving agencies such as Department of Health and Social Care and voluntary partners like Age UK. Joint commissioning arrangements addressed areas including children's health services, safeguarding with Local Safeguarding Children Boards and public health programmes coordinated with Public Health England.
In line with national policy promoting integrated care, the CCG participated in the transition towards an Integrated Care System for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, transferring commissioning functions to collaborative arrangements and to the statutory integrated care board established under Health and Care Act 2022. Its legacy includes commissioning pathways, contract templates, strengthened partnerships with providers such as Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and contributions to system-wide strategies for urgent care, elective recovery and mental health, informing ongoing work by the Integrated Care Board and partners such as Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.