ABOUT US CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) MEETINGS LOCAL SERVICES YOUR HEALTH NEWS GET INVOLVED CONTACT US You are here: Home › About us › Our strategic priorities Our strategic priorities The CCG has identified five major strategic priorities which are summarised below: Preventing people from dying prematurely Focusing on cancer and cardiovascular disease. Enhancing the quality of life for people with LTC A range of key initiatives will be implemented to enhance the quality of life for people with longterm conditions in Blackburn with Darwen. These initiatives include diabetes, dementia, infant mortality and paediatric pathway redesign. Helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury There are a number of transformational initiatives planned to reduce avoidable admissions to hospital, deliver high quality and effective hospital care and improve discharge and post discharge support. These initiatives include The GP Acute Visiting Scheme (AVS) and the Hospital Liason Service Team. Ensuring people have a positive experience of care A range of measures have been developed to ensure the people of Blackburn with Darwen have a positive experience of care, which include: The Commissioning for quality strategy and the Quality Performance and Effectiveness committee. Treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm The areas outlined above in Domain 4 also align to this section. In addition, the CCG’s plan outlines further actions to significantly reduce C-Difficilein all providers in the health economy, and deliver zero tolerance to MRSA infection and conduct Post Infection Reviews. Plan on a page Plan on a Page (pptx | 97.8 KiB) Our Corporate Objectives for 2016/17: Through better commissioning, improve local health outcomes by addressing poor outcomes and inequalities To work collaboratively to create safe, high quality health care services To maintain financial balance and improve efficiency and productivity To deliver a step change in the NHS preventing ill health and supporting people to live healthier lives To maintain and improve performance against core standards and statutory requirements To commission improved out of hospital care MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT FIND SERVICES Choose a service and enter your postcode SOCIAL MEDIA Shoppers to get more than they bargained for as extra vaccine appointments offered November 26, 2021 0 Look after your’elf is the message to children across Lancashire and South Cumbria this Christmas November 24, 2021 0 Top up jab bookings opened up for more than one million people November 22, 2021 0 It’s National COPD Awareness Month – do you know what to look out for? November 17, 2021 0 Health Equity Commission for Cumbria as well as Lancashire November 16, 2021 0 Tweets by @BwDCCG FAQS What does clinical commissioning mean for GPs and GP practices? So what are clinical commissioning groups? UPCOMING EVENTS Joint & Virtual (online) Annual General Meeting for NHS Blackburn with Darwen & East Lancashire CCGs September 7, 2020