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The role of the DIPC in primary care trusts

Infection Prevention and Control, Hillingdon Primary Care Trust, Kirk House, 97-109 High Street, Yiewsley, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7HJ, UK, hilary.pickles{at}brunel.ac.uk

Y-M. Koh

Hillingdon Primary Care Trust, Kirk House, 97-109 High Street, Yiewsley, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7HJ, UK

Every NHS trust is expected to have a Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC). What might work well for organisations directly providing clinical services is increasingly inappropriate for primary care trusts (PCTs) as they lose their provider functions. This paper discusses the potential role for the PCT DIPC in the future, with increasing emphasis on the role in commissioning.

Key Words: Primary care trust • director of infection prevention and control

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