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Guidance

Letter from Duncan Selbie on Guidance arrangements for Professional Executive Committees (PECs) from 1 October 2006

Primary care trusts - establishing better services (1999)
Guidance encompassing the entire role and function of PCTs. Particularly see pages 13-16 for details on PECs.

Shifting the balance of power: a competency framework for PCT leadership (March 2002)
Guidance relating to PCT leadership, and the role of the PEC chair within the triumvirate model of leadership.

Shifting the balance of power: Primary Care Trusts - governance arrangements, remuneration and allowances (March 2002)
Letter summarising a number of significant changes to maximise local flexibility in line with the general policy direction.

Health equity audit: a guide for the NHS
This guidance provides a briefing note plus good practice guidance to support achievement of the Priorities and Planning Framework (PPF) requirement to conduct Health Equity Audits to inform NHS service planning and commissioning.

• Letter from Duncan Selbie on Guidance arrangements for Professional Executive Committees (PECs) from 1 October 2006
• Primary care trusts: establishing better services
• Shifting the balance of power: a competency framework for PCT leadership
• Shifting the balance of power: Primary Care Trusts - Governance arrangements, remuneration and allowances
• Health equity audit: a guide for the NHS

Other links

• Practice Based Commissioning: GPC guidance for GPs and LMCs (March 2005) (opens new window)
• NHS Networks - Resources for PEC chairs and PEC members (opens new window)
• NHS Networks - PEC chairs network area (opens new window)