PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust’s performance against national targets has been “poor” so far this year, January board documents show.
The PCT had failed to meet standards against six nationally set priorities, including indicators related to ambulance response times for Category B calls, cancer mortality rates, and teenage conception.
It underachieved against a further five Care Quality Commission set indicators, and achieved 11.
January
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The NHS cancer screening programme has pulled out of a deal with former staff of the Improvement Foundation amid concerns about how much money the failed company still owes primary care trusts.
Graeme Caul, chief operating officer at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, outlines how the trust achieved two years without out-of-area placements
One of the largest integrated care systems has been accused of a “failure” of financial management, as NHS England issued a formal notice requiring urgent improvements across leadership, performance and care quality.
An integrated care board is planning to decommission secondary care outpatient clinics and replace them with primary and community care services.
Private providers have criticised leaders in Greater Manchester for their plan to slash the use of independent sector capacity, saying it makes “no sense”.
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