NHS

Healthier You 4 Clusters

Central East

Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes (BLMK); Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (C&P); Hertfordshire

Approx. 3.5 million
Areas / Boroughs
Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes (BLMK); Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (C&P); Hertfordshire
Population
Approx. 3.5 million
LTCP Pilot
Yes - BLMK and C&P only. Hertfordshire NOT participating.

Local Integration — Referral Pathways & Stakeholder Engagement

BLMK REFERRAL PATHWAYS: DPP referrals via General Practice (primary route) with self-referral also available for GDM via maternity services. T2DR referrals solely via General Practice. BSOP referrals flow through the community weight management service (which also prescribes weight-management medicines). LTCP invitations to register sent by selected GP practices in NHSE time windows. All BLMK practices use SystmOne.

BLMK INCENTIVE: £90 per T2DR place taken up (not yet confirmed for 26/27).

C&P REFERRAL PATHWAYS: BSOP - GP reviews patient (or runs Ardens searches), refers to the 'Healthy You' Single Point of Contact which triages into the Community Intensive Weight Management Service (CIWMS) medication pathway; CIWMS provider refers to BSOP by email; once stable on highest tolerated tirzepatide dose, patient transfers to a place-based light-touch follow-up before returning to GP.

C&P INCENTIVES: T2DR £75 per TDR start; DPP £12.50 per patient; BSOP not incentivised.

HERTFORDSHIRE REFERRAL PATHWAYS: NDPP via GP online referral form plus GDM self-referral; T2DR GP-completed referrals; BSOP referrals made by primary care tirzepatide service providers.

HERTFORDSHIRE INCENTIVE: HWE primary care incentive includes a metric to review NDH patients (BMI check, referral to NDPP / weight management, lifestyle advice, social prescribing). KEY STAKEHOLDERS (all): General Practices, PCNs, maternity services for GDM, community weight management/CIWMS, Tier 2/3 weight management, public health & NHS Health Check providers, community lifestyle services, ICB and clinical leads, VCSE and faith groups, Healthwatch, neighbourhood teams (C&P North/South Place hubs).

REDUCING PRIMARY CARE BURDEN: Co-develop localised, pre-populated referral forms aligned to existing layouts; direct practice visits to demonstrate searches and referral forms; feedback to referrers on ineligible referrals; electronic clinical document transfer (Docman) and exploration of automated coding for outcomes (completion, weight). Explore extraction from GP lists for case-finding to reduce burden and inequalities.

F2F LOCATION PLANNING: Continue use of existing venues where possible; map utilisation, demand and waiting lists; meet ICB place-based teams, public health, faith and community leaders to find venues that engage high-risk/underrepresented groups; in C&P, work with Place neighbourhood teams (North/South) and neighbourhood hubs; in Hertfordshire, prioritise venues with good public transport to avoid widening inequalities.

Meeting Local Need — Health Inequalities & Underrepresented Populations

BLMK ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: 20%+ of residents in Luton and Bedford Borough self-rate as 'cannot speak English well / cannot speak English'.

BLMK KEY LANGUAGES: Polish 2.1% (~20,061), Romanian 1.9% (~18,404), Urdu 1.2% (~11,260), Bengali 0.9% (~8,659), Punjabi 0.6% (~6,011).

BLMK ETHNICITY: Luton 55% ethnic minority - over 30% South Asian (Pakistani/Bangladeshi), much higher than rest of BLMK; Bedford Borough's largest minorities are Other White (Polish/Romanian) and Indian; Milton Keynes has greater Black African; Central Bedfordshire much less diverse.

BLMK PRIORITY: People of Asian ethnicity and people in the most deprived areas - referral, uptake, retention and 12-month weight change all lower for Asian ethnicity vs White on DPP/T2DR. Engagement to use Luton Council of Faiths, MK Equality Council, Bedford Faith Leaders Group.

C&P DEPRIVATION: Cambridgeshire IMD 13.9 vs Peterborough IMD 27.8; Fenland IMD 25.4. ~112,000 in Core20 = 13% of C&P, 18% of Fenland, 41% of Peterborough.

C&P HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY: Peterborough 55.6 (M) / 55.2 (F) vs Cambridgeshire 62.6 / 62.4 vs England 61.5 / 61.9. C&P KEY LANGUAGES (Peterborough): Polish 18.1%, Lithuanian 16.2%, Portuguese 9.0%, Romanian 8.6%, Urdu 6.0%, Latvian 4.4%, Panjabi 4.1%, Russian 2.8%, Slovak 2.6%, Kurdish 2.2%. Fenland's main non-English language is Lithuanian (35.1% of those without English as main language). Cambridge: Spanish top (8.9%), high Chinese and Western European.

C&P ETHNICITY: Cambridge & Peterborough ~18% Asian, ~12% White Other, vs ~90% White elsewhere. Gypsy, Roma & Traveller populations 7,000+ across the ICS footprint.

C&P PRIORITY GROUPS: People with Learning Disabilities (39% of LD register also on obesity register in Peterborough; 43% in Fenland), Autism, SMI (45% / 42% obesity overlap), D/deaf people, physically disabled (access to weighing equipment).

HERTFORDSHIRE ETHNICITY: 71.8% White British; largest minorities Other White, Asian Indian, Black African. Most diverse: Watford (45.8% White British), Hertsmere (63.1%), Welwyn Hatfield (67.2%), Three Rivers (67.9%), Broxbourne (68.6%).

HERTFORDSHIRE LANGUAGES: 91.8% English as main language; top non-English: Romanian, Polish, Gujarati, Italian, Urdu.

HERTFORDSHIRE DEPRIVATION: 14 LSOAs in the most deprived national quintile - Stevenage, Broxbourne, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertsmere.

HERTFORDSHIRE PRIORITY GROUPS: Severe mental illness, learning disabilities, sensory impairments (deafness/blindness).

Localities

Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

Showing 60 of 60 PCNs

Bedford Borough6 PCNs
ASCENT PCN
MK41 9BB
Q3Average
EAST BEDFORD PCN
MK42 9DJ
Q2Deprived
HILLTON PCN
MK41 7BU
Q3Average
NORTH BEDFORD PCN
MK40 4AT
Q3Average
TRIDENT PCN
MK42 0HU
Q2Deprived
UNITY (BEDFORD) PCN
MK40 2NU
Q3Average
Broxbourne3 PCNs
BROXBOURNE ALLIANCE PCN
EN10 6PE
Q3Average
HODDESDON & BROXBOURNE PCN
EN11 8BE
Q3Average
LEA VALLEY HEALTH PCN
EN8 7AP
Q3Average
Cambridge City5 PCNs
BMC PCN
CB1 3LH
Q4Affluent
CAM MEDICAL PCN
CB2 1RR
Q4Affluent
CAMBRIDGE CITY 4 PCN
CB4 2HY
Q4Affluent
CAMBRIDGE CITY PCN
CB1 2NU
Q4Affluent
CANTAB MEDICAL PRACTICES PCN
CB1 7DR
Q4Affluent
Central Bedfordshire4 PCNs
CHILTERN HILLS PCN
LU6 1LJ
Q3Average
IVEL VALLEY SOUTH PCN
SG18 8DH
Q4Affluent
LEIGHTON LINSLADE HEALTH CONNECTIONS PCN
LU7 1HP
Q4Affluent
WATLING STREET NETWORK PCN
LU6 3EU
Q3Average
East Cambridgeshire2 PCNs
ELY NORTH PCN
CB7 4AY
Q4Affluent
ELY SOUTH PCN
CB7 4UW
Q4Affluent
East Herts3 PCNs
HERTFORD AND RURALS PCN
SG14 1LH
Q4Affluent
STORT VALLEY & VILLAGES PCN
CM23 3LJ
Q4Affluent
WARE AND RURALS PCN
SG12 9DZ
Q4Affluent
Fenland3 PCNs
FENLAND PCN
PE15 8DA
Q2Deprived
SOUTH FENLAND PCN
PE16 6JL
Q2Deprived
WISBECH PCN
PE13 3AB
Q1Most Deprived
Huntingdonshire5 PCNs
A1 NETWORK PCN
PE19 1QQ
Q3Average
HUNTINGDON PCN
PE29 3RJ
Q3Average
MERIDIAN PCN
PE28 5HL
Q4Affluent
ST IVES PCN
PE27 5BB
Q4Affluent
ST NEOTS PCN
PE19 1QH
Q3Average
Luton7 PCNs
CARITAS MEDICAL PCN
LU4 9HX
Q1Most Deprived
CROWN PCN
LU2 0SX
Q1Most Deprived
EQUALITY PCN
LU1 1HR
Q1Most Deprived
GREEN VALE HEALTH PCN
LU3 2RZ
Q1Most Deprived
HATTERS HEALTH PCN
LU1 5BJ
Q1Most Deprived
LEA VALE PCN
LU3 3JJ
Q1Most Deprived
OASIS PCN
LU2 7BB
Q1Most Deprived
Milton Keynes9 PCNs
EAST MK PCN
MK10 9AB
Q3Average
MEDICS PCN
MK6 5LD
Q2Deprived
NEXUS MK PCN
MK13 7HG
Q3Average
ONEMK PCN
MK9 3BH
Q3Average
PHOENIX SUNRISERS PCN
MK14 5BN
Q3Average
SANDHILLS PCN
MK5 6HF
Q4Affluent
SOUTH WEST PCN
MK4 4DA
Q4Affluent
THE BRIDGE MK PCN
MK2 2EJ
Q2Deprived
TITAN PCN
MK3 6EN
Q3Average
North Herts2 PCNs
HITCHIN AND WHITWELL PCN
SG5 1HU
Q4Affluent
ICKNIELD PCN
SG6 3DJ
Q4Affluent
Peterborough5 PCNs
BRETTON PARK & HAMPTON PCN
PE3 8DX
Q2Deprived
CENTRAL THISTLEMOOR & THORPE PCN
PE1 3DW
Q1Most Deprived
PETERBOROUGH & EAST PCN
PE1 5DD
Q1Most Deprived
PETERBOROUGH PARTNERSHIPS PCN
PE2 9JL
Q2Deprived
SOUTH PETERBOROUGH PCN
PE2 8AN
Q2Deprived
South Cambridgeshire2 PCNs
CAMBRIDGE NORTH VILLAGES PCN
CB24 9NU
Q5Least Deprived
GRANTA PCN
CB22 4QH
Q5Least Deprived
Stevenage2 PCNs
STEVENAGE NORTH PCN
SG1 4AB
Q2Deprived
STEVENAGE SOUTH PCN
SG2 0HU
Q2Deprived
Welwyn Hatfield2 PCNs
HATFIELD PCN
AL10 0NB
Q3Average
WELWYN GARDEN CITY A PCN
AL7 4HL
Q4Affluent