All PCTs articles – Page 11
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HSJ Local
Sharp rise in NHS Bolton overspend on hospital services
FINANCE: NHS Bolton’s overspend on general hospital services rose by more than £2m in December to £3.4m, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
NHS Cornwall suffers 'teething problems'
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly suffered “teething problems” after it transferred its financial processing and ledger operations to NHS Shared Business Service.
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HSJ Local
GPs approach hospital consultants directly because of 'lack of trust'
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report said there was evidence of a “lack of trust” between GPs and trusts in outer north east London, which meant “some GPs were now approaching trust consultants directly as a result”.
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HSJ Local
North Yorkshire and York telehealth units underused
COMMERCIAL: An internal audit report found 2,000 telehealth units bought by NHS North Yorkshire and York have been significantly underused.
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HSJ Local
NQB asks NHS North West London for 'evidence of good practice'
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health’s National Quality Board is making its assurance visit to NHS London today, with NHS North West London asked for extra information.
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HSJ Local
Nottinghamshire starts first phase of out of hours procurement
COMMERCIAL: Engagement with the public has begun on the current out of hours (OOH) services provided by Nottingham Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) in the City and South and Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services (CNCS) in the north of the county.
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HSJ Local
Non-execs appointed to single BNSSG cluster board
WORKFORCE: The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has appointed non-executive directors to its single board.
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HSJ Local
London clusters may have to cover Olympic programme shorfall
FINANCE: London primary care trust clusters may have to cover a 2012 Olympic programme cash shorfall.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hounslow deficit 'creating uncertainty'
FINANCE: NHS Hounslow is £2.7m behind on its surplus plan at month eight, an NHS London report has said.
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NewsDoubts cast over size of topline public health budgets
Warnings have already been sounded that the £2.2bn funding due to be ringfenced for councils to spend on public health will be insufficient for them to achieve better results than primary care trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CCGs can make savings in their prescription budget
Providing GPs with the right support on prescribing can realistically deliver savings for CCGs in their prescription budgets that could make a significant dent in an annual NHS spend of £8bn a year, says Claire Forde.
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HSJ Local
East Lancs PCT banks an extra £10m with SHA
FINANCE: The primary care trust NHS East Lancashire has increased by £10m the sum it will “lodge” with strategic health authority NHS North West on the basis that it will be returned in 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Software saves on NHS Wiltshire prescribing costs
FINANCE: A software package that advises GPs when chepaer alternative drugs are available had saved NHS Wiltshire £708,000 as of the end of October.
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NewsExclusive: DH letters to staff admit 'no clarity' on jobs
The Department of Health has given NHS managers a choice of two letters to send staff this month on the future of their roles – one of which is to be used in cases where there is still “no clarity” on what will happen to their jobs.
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NewsForty-one commissioning support services are proposed
The 50 primary care trust clusters could set up as many as 41 commissioning support services nationwide, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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Blogs
Making sense of conflicting waiting times targets
The NHS has been given conflicting waiting times targets this year. There is a solution, and it lies mainly in PCT clusters’ hands.
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NewsExclusive: national company to take over PCT estate
A new national property company is to be set up by the government to manage the primary care trust estate, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Patients needing home oxygen services may have to take deliveries at night during Olympics
PERFORMANCE: A risk planning document for the south west London cluster of PCTs said deliveries of services like oxygen to patients homes could have to be made at night, to avoid disruption to the Olympics.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wandsworth's surplus at risk from acute overspend
FINANCE: A finance report to the south west London PCT cluster showed Wandsworth’s reserves had gone from £18m at the start of the year to £3m by the end of month eight.
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HSJ Local
Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon
WORKFORCE: Health visitors in the south London borough face caseloads of nearly double recommended levels.