South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

Performance overview Welcome and overview from the Clinical Chair and Accountable Officer This is our first annual report as a South West London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and it looks back at an unprecedented year. In this report we describe how the CCG has played an important role in leading and coordinating the South West London NHS response to the Covid-19 pandemic with our system partners, as well as delivering a successful vaccination programme since December 2020. We have worked hard to support the continuation of vital non- Covid NHS services as well elective recovery. We have listened to local people and staff who have told us we must build on our progress to address health inequalities and go further and faster. We have also secured much-needed capital investment to South West London and have led, and continue to support, two major change programmes of a CCG merger and now a transition to an Integrated Care System as proposed in the government’s White Paper. We are grateful to our CCG staff for the way they have responded to this international crisis and the many professional, as well as personal, 6 | NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group