All HULL TEACHING PCT articles – Page 2
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HSJ Local
Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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NewsBids deadline nears for PCT social enterprises
Primary care trusts wanting their provider arms to become social enterprises will have to get their bids in by the end of next month, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsTransforming community services 'a mistake', says top PCT chief exec
The NHS will regret the rush to vertically integrate community services with acute trusts, the chief executive of England’s top performing primary care trust has warned.
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NewsPersonal health budget pilots raise concerns
Managers involved in the pilots for personal health budgets have expressed concerns over equity and increased cost, a report commissioned by the Department of Health says.
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NewsNHS Hull completes move to social enterprise
NHS Hull has become the first primary care trust to complete the transfer of its provider arm into a stand alone social enterprise.
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NewsHull social enterprise plan back on track
A legal challenge preventing the transfer of community services to a social enterprise has been dropped.
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NewsClarify role of NHS, urges King's Fund
The NHS needs to clarify its role in public policy and stop “trying to do everything”, according to King’s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson.
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HSJ KnowledgeExtreme operations: a day in the life of NHS staff serving in Afghanistan
Fantastic facilities, intensively trained staff and copious quantities of blood are all in a day’s work for NHS staff serving in Afghanistan. And the health service could gain more from their new skills. Nick Golding reports
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NewsDH scraps deadline for PCT provider arm strategies
The Department of Health has scrapped its centrally set deadline for primary care trusts to create provider arm strategies. It comes amid fears of PCTs obsessed by organisational structure making poor decisions.
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NewsPCTs lash out over audit use of world class scores
Furious primary care trust chiefs have lambasted the Audit Commission after being marked down in annual reports on the basis of world class commissioning scores. They had been told they would not be judged on the measures.
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NewsMark Britnell move 'will not hit world class commissioning'
The Department of Health is downplaying Mark Britnell’s departure for the private sector, insisting the world class commissioning programme will not flounder without him.
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NewsYorkshire and Humber commissioners accused of grilling gender change patients
Gender equality campaigners have accused Yorkshire and the Humber commissioners of breaching the Human Rights Act in its treatment of patients with gender dysphoria.
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Search starts for new chief executive of NHS Yorkshire and the Humber
The hunt has begun for a new chief executive for the Yorkshire and Humber strategic health authority.
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HSJ KnowledgeDomestic violence: its cost and the success of prevention
The NHS has long been used to treating the results of domestic violence but targeting the causes and perpetrators is a new avenue in preventive healthcare. Stuart Shepherd reports
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HSJ KnowledgeDeliver dignity with single sex wards
With the health secretary effectively fining hospitals that are still using mixed sex wards from 2010, action is needed now to segregate patients says Daloni Carlisle
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When will the remaining trusts become foundations?
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has given trusts a deadline of December 2010 to submit their applications for foundation trust status.
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Major patient choice study begins
The Department of Health is seeking hard evidence that choice improves the quality of services.
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Managers call for GP commissioning reforms
NHS managers are showing signs of breaking with government policy by calling for a complete overhaul of practice based commissioning.
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Choose and book glitches lose trusts income
Hospitals are losing income because they are failing to get to grips with the Department of Health's choose and book system.