Practice support

Welcome to the practice support area of the website.

This area includes information on who to contact for help along with data and other information relevant to member GP practices. You will also find links to CCG newsletters and those of our partner organisations.

In this part of the website you can access contact details for the commissioning implementation, IT and medicines management teams, as well as the following:

Use the left-hand menu to navigate around the site or hover over "GP practice member area" positioned in the top right hand corner of the screen and a menu bar will display that allows you to navigate through the pages.

Primary Care Support team
Tel. 01473 770267
The Primary Care Support Team works with all practices to support develop, redesign and implement new pathway services and day-to-day support for collaborative groups, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and PCNs.

Delegated Commissioning team
As from 1 April 2017, the CCG commission GP services as delegated by the local NHS England (East) area team.

Operations and Partnerships team
The small Partnerships Team supports the development of practices to implement new ways of working in primary care such as social prescribing and care navigation, delivers training and education, and works with other system partners across Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in the Ipswich and east Suffolk Alliance to help implement a One Team approach to health and social care for our population.

Medicines Management team
Tel. 01473 770249
Email: iesccg.medsmanagement@nhs.net
The CCG has a Medicine Management team of pharmacists, specialist appliance nurses and pharmacy technicians who work closely with GPs and local health providers to help get the best out of medicines for local people.

ICT team
The ICT team support GP practices with IT implementation, training and clinical systems support.

Contracting Queries and GP Log
For queries relating to contracts, please email us with 'Contracts' in the subject line
Email: iesccg.gp-contract-queries@nhs.net

Continuing Healthcare
Contact the CCG, Continuing Healthcare Team on
Email: wsccg.suffolkchc@nhs.net
Tel: 01473 770198
Fax: 01473 770202

Individual Funding Requests
Contact the Individual Funding Manager on
Email: iesccg.ifr@nhs.net
Tel: 01473 770068

In response to questions from practices, the CCG has pulled together a useful guide.

Read this useful guide to who does what in primary care

Clinician Welcome Pack - An introduction to the NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group for clinicians new to general practice in the area.