 Known as Birmingham East and North PCT (BEN PCT) until 1 April 2009, the trust employed over 1,700 staff, and was responsible for over 200 GPs working in more than 80 practices.The trust spent hundreds of millions of pounds every year on services for local people; it also hosts the money to commission specialised services for people across the whole of the West Midlands.The trust directly provided primary care and community services through its Community Health Services arm.