All DERBYSHIRE COUNTY PCT articles – Page 2
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HSJ Local
More than 200 PCT staff aligned to CCG roles
WORKFORCE: The cluster has recently undertaken a workforce mapping exercise and identified the potential destination of each member of staff once the PCTs are abolished in March 2013.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
FINANCE: Clinical commissioners have identified three services they would like to add to their “Any Qualified Provider” list.
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HSJ Local
Eight practices opt out of Derby 'fairer funding' deal
FINANCE: Eighty six GP practices in Derbyshire have agreed to a “fairer” funding formula but patients in rural areas whose practices have not signed up to the deal could see worsening access to services.
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HSJ Local
NHS Derbyshire overcomes opposition to standardise services and income for GP practices
FINANCE: A primary care trust has won agreement from its GPs to move to a more standard contract and income, including a pay cut for some practices, despite the threat of legal action from some.
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HSJ Knowledge
Moving to fairer funding and standardised services for GP practices
A PCT has won agreement from most of its 94 PMS and GMS GP practices to accept an expanded set of “core” and “extended” services in their contracts, and reduce variation in their funding. Dr Paul Cook and colleagues, who led the project, explain how they achieved it.
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Derbyshire agrees ambulance commissioning plan
STRUCTURE: Derbyshire cluster has set out its response to the options set out by NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson for ambulance commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs announce new board structure
STRUCTURE: NHS Derbyshire cluster has announced its new board structure.
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CommentEast Midlands holds final board meeting ahead of clustering
The papers brought to NHS East Midlands’ September meeting were littered with words like “transition” and “legacy”, reflecting the fact it was the board’s final get-together.
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NewsCCP backs commissioners in care home procurement row
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has ruled against care home associations in two regions after they claimed procurement rules and prices for continuing healthcare were too low.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire consults on talking therapies service
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Derbyshire have launched a consultation on plans to reconfigure mental health services in the county, which could involve shutting some services.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals has insufficient schemes to meet PCT demand management targets
FINANCE: Derby Hospitals has identified a risk associated with NHS Derbyshire County’s plans to reduce income by £9m through demand management.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs told to be less 'controlling'
PERFORMANCE: The Derbyshire cluster has been told it needs to be less “controlling” and should be putting more effort into developing consortia.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals takes £0.7m CQUIN hit
FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has deducted commissioning for quality and innovation income (CQUIN) from Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust worth £699,000.
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HSJ Local
Derby City 'sharing' QIPP savings with consortia
FINANCE: Shadow commissioning budgets in Derbyshire for 2011-12 will allocate quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings to GP practices along primary care trust boundaries.
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HSJ Local
GPs in Derbyshire County to pilot CQC registration
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has been named as the only area in the country to pilot the extension of the Care Quality Commission’s registration system to general practices.
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CommentMidlands looking for leaders to deliver business and savings plans
The detailed, costed 2011-12 business plans produced by commissioners this month make interesting reading – but who will be accountable for achieving them?
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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HSJ Local
NHS Derbyshire County chief exec to lead PCT cluster
STRUCTURE: David Sharp has been appointed as chief executive of the primary care trust “cluster” formed from NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County.
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HSJ Local
Derby care home training initiative aims to head off emergency admissions
WORKFORCE: Care home nurses in Derbyshire are to receive specialist training in helping older patients in care homes with feeding or swallowing difficulties.
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NewsMidwife-led units threatened by falling birth rates
Standalone midwife-led centres are under threat from high costs and falling numbers of deliveries, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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