Steve Ford

Recent stories

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  SHAs pressurising PCTs into vertical integration

  Primary care trusts in at least four regions are under pressure from their strategic health authorities to vertically integrate their provider arms with acute or mental health trusts, HSJ has learned.

  18 March 2010 | Comments (2)

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  World class commissioning scores to top charts

  The Department of Health is expecting the best primary care trusts to receive the highest score available under world class commissioning this year for the first time.

  18 March 2010 | Comments (1)

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  DH advocacy of integration ‘not credible’

  The Department of Health is rarely a “credible advocate” for the integration of health and social care services because its policies are often contradictory, say senior NHS managers with dual local authority roles.

  17-Mar-2010

• DH action needed to fill gaps in NHS data

  16-Mar-2010 | Comments (2)

• Chief exec swaps Norfolk for Channel Islands

  12-Mar-2010

• Research points to huge out of hours spending variations

  12-Mar-2010 | Comments (1)

• NHS Manchester tables complex community restructuring plan

  11-Mar-2010 | Comments (8)

• Out of hours GP contracts need greater transparency

  11 March 2010

• Media Watch: CQC ratings fiddles

  11 March 2010

• PCTs' spending on carers under scrutiny

  10-Mar-2010 | Comments (1)

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