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 27 of 27 PCNs

Bedford Borough2 PCNs
Bedford East PCN
MK42
Q2Deprived
Bedford West PCN
MK40
Q2Deprived
Broxbourne1 PCN
Broxbourne PCN
EN10
Q3Average
Cambridge City2 PCNs
Cambridge City North PCN
CB4
Q4Affluent
Cambridge City South PCN
CB2
Q4Affluent
Central Bedfordshire2 PCNs
Central Bedfordshire North PCN
SG17
Q3Average
Central Bedfordshire South PCN
LU6
Q3Average
East Cambridgeshire1 PCN
East Cambridgeshire PCN
CB7
Q4Affluent
Fenland1 PCN
Fenland PCN
PE15
Q3Average
Hertsmere1 PCN
Hertsmere PCN
WD6
Q4Affluent
Huntingdonshire2 PCNs
Huntingdonshire North PCN
PE28
Q4Affluent
Huntingdonshire South PCN
PE29
Q4Affluent
Luton3 PCNs
Luton Central PCN
LU1
Q1Most Deprived
Luton North PCN
LU2
Q2Deprived
Luton South PCN
LU4
Q2Deprived
Milton Keynes3 PCNs
Milton Keynes North PCN
MK14
Q3Average
Milton Keynes South PCN
MK2
Q2Deprived
The Bridge PCN (Milton Keynes)
MK6
Q2Deprived
North Herts1 PCN
North Herts PCN
SG6
Q4Affluent
Peterborough2 PCNs
Peterborough City PCN
PE1
Q2Deprived
Peterborough North PCN
PE4
Q3Average
South Cambridgeshire1 PCN
South Cambridgeshire PCN
CB22
Q4Affluent
St Albans1 PCN
St Albans & Harpenden PCN
AL1
Q4Affluent
Stevenage1 PCN
Stevenage PCN
SG1
Q3Average
Three Rivers1 PCN
Three Rivers PCN
WD3
Q4Affluent
Watford1 PCN
Watford PCN
WD18
Q4Affluent
Welwyn Hatfield1 PCN
Welwyn Hatfield PCN
AL7
Q4Affluent