All GP practice management articles – Page 28
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Ten leaders who could put reform progress back on track
What do we know of the chief executives who will be running the new strategic health authorities from next week?
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PCT autonomy plans dropped
The Department of Health has backed away from proposals to give primary care trusts complete autonomy to set policies on NHS funding for continuing care.
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Trusts told to stop attacking each other
The primary care trust network has urged trusts to move on from blaming each other after PCTs came under attack from their acute peers.
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Primary care trusts told to fill Atos gap
NHS providers could struggle to fill the gap left by the collapse of a £257m diagnostics contract.
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Operating framework: PCTs to assess services
All primary care trusts will have to conduct a service review programme next year to examine the services they commission.
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News analysis: Sir Ian says intervene early and take tough decisions
So the deficit is smaller than the critics suggested, but NHS acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers admits the service is not where he wants it to be. And he tells Nick Edwards that the longer trusts leave it to get back on track financially, the harder it will be
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Statutory control on decisions is not enough to allay fears
All over the country, primary care trust chief executives are sitting hot and sweaty in their best suits, fighting for their future careers.
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Good buy to all that: the need for procurement focus
With the government set to become a major purchaser of public services far more attention must be paid to the procurement process, warns Ann Rossiter of the Social Market Foundation
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BMA gives 'shocking' business advice to GPs
The British Medical Association has urged GP practices to consider turning new patients away and cutting enhanced services to balance books.
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Lord Warner: PCT commissioning advert blunder 'only human'
Health minister Lord Warner has labelled his department's hurried withdrawal of an advertisement to contract out primary care trust management services as 'unfortunate' ' but stood by the government's assertion of the need to bring in private sector commissioning experience.
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DoH to address lack of detail in commissioning framework
There could be problems with the 'nuts and bolts', of the new commissioning framework for health and well-being, according to the man responsible for its introduction.
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Competition 'won't add quality'
There is no evidence that competition will drive up quality in the NHS, an academic commissioned by the Department of Health to analyse NHS reforms has said.
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Legal briefing: how penalties will work under the new model contract for acute trusts
The Department of Health has recently published two forms of model contract for the provision of acute hospital services, both within and outside the scope of the national tariff. The models are in legally and non-legally binding form for use by foundation trusts, hospital Trusts and PCT commissioners. We would ...
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Sophia Christie on challenging acute trusts
'A trust has never pointed out where the tariff gives a generous cross-subsidy to other activity'
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News analysis: Signs of the times - will people power deliver accountability?
Anobligation on PCTs to respond to community views - and protests - about NHS services is one of the most significant aspects of the new commissioning framework. But how might this work in practice? Daloni Carlisle petitions stakeholders for their views
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'Seasonal variation' to GUM access claim
Access to sexual health services varies widely at different times of the year, according to a survey of access to genito-urinary medicine clinics.
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Barometer: PCTs January 2007
The latest Barometer survey of primary care trust chief executives showed growing confidence in negotiating power with acute providers, with the indicator score up again to 6.88 out of 10.
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Barometer: PCTs April 2007
Primary care trust chief executives expect continuing wrangles over negotiating contracts with acute trusts, according to the latest Barometer survey.
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Barometer: acute trusts jan 2007
Confidence in achieving the 18-week target was high among our panel of acute trust chief executives, with the average figure rising from 6.2 to 6.72 since October 2006.
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Barometer: mental health September 2006
Mental health chief executives surveyed for Barometer report high levels of confidence on recruitment of medical, nursing and therapy staff.