Chapters: Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust, Bartley Reservoir, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham Nhs Foundation Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Nhs Trust. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: NHS Birmingham East and North is an NHS primary care trust (PCT) that was formed on 1 October 2006 following the merger of Eastern Birmingham PCT and North Birmingham PCT. NHS Birmingham East and North primary care trust provides primary care, intermediate care and community services on behalf of 440,000 people living in the east and north of Britains second city. It is one of three primary care trusts that cover Birmingham. The trust commissions services from GPs, dentists, pharmacists, opticians, and voluntary sector organisations. It is held accountable for the quality and accessibility of these services, primarily by the Care Quality Commission. NHS Birmingham East and North also answers to NHS West Midlands, the Strategic Health Authority for the region. Known as Birmingham East and North PCT (BEN PCT) until 01 April 2009, the trust employs over 1,700 staff, and is responsible for over 200 GPs working in more than 80 practices. The trust spends hundreds of millions of pounds every year on services for local people; it also hosts the money to commission specialised services for people across the whole of the West Midlands. The trust directly provides primary care and community services through its Community Health Services arm. The trust is charged with looking after the healthcare services for the following wards on the north and eastern half of Birmingham: Acocks Green, Bordesley Green, Erdington, Hodge Hill, Kingstanding and Oscott, Shard End, Sheldon, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North, Stock...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2462121