NHS Chiltern CCG – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Aylesbury GP premises plan will endanger QIPP savings
FINANCE: A plan to redevelop a number of GP practices in Aylesbury has been recommended to NHS Buckinghamshire, even though it puts the primary care trust’s savings plans at risk.
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HSJ Local
Bucks PCT to miss dental access target
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire primary care trust is expecting to miss its target for patients accessing dental services after extra provision commissioned to meet demand was cancelled.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire CIPs slip as acutes over-spend
FINANCE: The Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster is struggling to meet cost improvement programme savings as acute provider contracts over-perform.
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HSJ Local
NHS Buckinghamshire chair to continue in post
WORKFORCE: NHS Buckinghamshire has confirmed that Stewart George has been invited to serve a further term as its chair.
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HSJ Local
NHS Buckinghamshire awards contract for £3.9m medical centre
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has awarded a contract to construction company Stepnell to design and build a £3.9m medical centre in Chesham.
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HSJ Local
ISTC overspend for Buckinghamshire PCT
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire PCT has reported an over spend of almost £1m in its contract with a local independent sector treatment centre.
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HSJ Local
'Challenging' CQUINs for Buckinghamshire Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare may struggle to reach quality and innovation targets set by its primary care trust.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire trust rejects PCT waiting times plea
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has rejected a request from the local primary care trust to extend waiting times for first appointments.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Healthcare rejects PCT call to extend waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare has rejected the local PCTs request to extend waiting times for non-urgent patients.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target
PERFORMANCE: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT is missing a key PCT target by more than 20 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire PCT plans repeat primary care QIPP savings
FINANCE: NHS Buckinghamshire plans to be making over £10m of recurrent savings each year in primary care savings by 2015.
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NewsSouth Central unveils PCT cluster plan
Nine primary care trusts in the south central region are to be amalgamated into three clusters, their strategic health authority has announced.
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News
Two trusts registered with conditions
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust have been told their registration with the Care Quality Commission is conditional on them improving the safety and quality of their care.
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News
Bucks PCT set for vertical integration
The provider arm of NHS Buckinghamshire is set to vertically integrate with Buckinghamshire Hospitals Trust.
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News
Most PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use
The majority of primary care trusts are meeting only “minimum requirements” in their use of resources, the results of the Audit Commission’s annual test have shown.
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News
NICE rebuffs PCTs’ call to help identify more areas for savings
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has rejected calls to identify more drugs and treatments that should be used less - or not at all - ahead of NHS investment cuts.
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News
PCTs struggle to cope with cost of increased referrals
Primary care trusts are struggling to cope with the financial fallout of increased referrals, with some now expecting the extra costs to drive them into deficit.
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News
Surge of acute contracts puts strain on PCTs' spend targets
Primary care trusts are battling to stay clear of deficit as their finances come under pressure from a surge in secondary care work. Many PCTs overspent on their commissioning budgets for the first three months of the financial year and some are now looking to make savings in other areas ...
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Comment
Kamran Abbasi on engaging with GPs
Primary care trusts are going to have to bring GPs on board when it comes to working with community matrons to manage long-term conditions. Online learning programmes could be the answer.
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News
PCTs under fire on new GP scheme
Independent providers have slammed primary care trusts' attempts to procure new services under a flagship Department of Health scheme. They say the equitable access to primary medical care scheme is 'appallingly poorly managed'.
