Application form: Patient and Public Voice members on the Primary Care Oversight Group (PCOG)

Overview

Application form: NHS England - Primary Care Oversight Group (PCOG).

NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by listening to those who use and care about our services.

The NHS England Primary Care Oversight Group is looking for two Patient and Public Voice members, to join the current membership of the group. Candidates will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and to developing excellent primary care services, as well as an understanding of national strategy development. The ideal candidate will bring significant board level experience, with a strategic healthcare focus and strong intellect, commercial and political astuteness and a willingness to challenge. They will be expected to apply their skills, knowledge and experience to support the group to make complex decisions that will drive forward NHS England's ambition to deliver world-class, patient-centred care.

NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of £12.6 billion of primary care services. PCOG therefore has a crucial place, as the only national forum with a sole focus on the operational delivery and strategic framework for primary care.

There will be payments of £150 per day (for those people not representing or supported by an organisation) for an estimated time commitment of 10 days per year. This is in line with the NHS England Expenses policy. Membership of the group is for 12 months initially, at which point membership will be reviewed. 

Please see the information pack for further details. You can apply by clicking on the application form button at the bottom of this page. If you would like to receive an application pack in other formats, such as hard copy, please contact england.nhs.participation@nhs.net, call 0113 825 0861, or write to:

The Public Participation Team,
NHS England,
Room 7E46,
Quarry House, Quarry Hill,
Leeds, LS2 7UE.

NHS England wants to ensure that its Patient and Public Voice members are representative of the population and that a wide range of people are appointed to these roles. For this reason, members of the public can hold a maximum of two paid roles on NHS England standing groups or committees that are a formal part of the structure and attract a participation payment.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 23 March 2016. Interviews will be held on Monday 11 April 2016.