All PCTs articles – Page 12
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HSJ Local
Kent PCTs launch phone app in bid to cut teenage pregnancies
PERFORMANCE: A mobile phone app has been launched as part of efforts to improve sexual health and reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies in Kent.
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LeaderMinisters must slow down to avoid another Mid Staffs
What did the newly minted coalition government describe in May 2010 as “a champion for patients”? The answer, of course, was primary care trusts.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: has the sparkle gone from social enterprise?
Social enterprises are starting to find that the odds are not in their favour in a cut-throat market, which could make for a bleak picture in a decade’s time, says Noel Plumridge.
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HSJ Local
Stroke concern at Cambs PCT cluster
PERFORMANCE: Performance on stroke targets is causing concern at NHS Peterborough and NHS Cambridgeshire.
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HSJ KnowledgeLegal lessons: securing judicial review of service reconfiguration
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has successfully claimed Judicial Review of the Safe and Sustainable consultation about Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services. Hempsons colleagues Bertie Leigh and Christian Dingwall explain how.
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NewsExclusive: DH leak reveals uncertainty over 11,000 PCT jobs
A leaked Department of Health document shows for the first time where commissioning staff could move to in the restructured NHS – however it also reveals confusion over the fate of thousands of jobs.
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NewsPCT and SHA staff set to learn job decisions
The fate of tens of thousands of NHS staff may become clearer during the next few weeks, with large redundancy bills still a risk for some organisations, HSJ has been told.
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NewsClinical commissioning behind schedule and risking 'suspended animation'
Clinical commissioning is behind schedule in many areas with the transfer of staff from primary care trusts stalled and just over a year remaining before the NHS’s structural overhaul is supposed to be complete.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: the rallying cry for 2012
2012 is the year of the contract. Go back to your offices and prepare for contracting.
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HSJ Local
Maternity consultation nears end in east Kent
STRUCTURE: A “last call” for the public to have their say on the future of maternity services has been issued by the NHS Kent and Medway PCT cluster.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth over performance 'biggest single risk' to PCT finances
FINANCE: Over performance at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital Foundation Trust is the biggest risk to finances of its primary care trust cluster.
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HSJ Local
Former Kingston chair gets CBE
WORKFORCE: Former NHS Kingston chair Neslyn Watson-Druée has been awarded a CBE for services to healthcare.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool PCT chair gets OBE
WORKFORCE: NHS Liverpool chair Gideon Ben-Tovim has been awarded an OBE for services to health.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bury forecasts breakeven after £3m additional allocation
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecasting it would break even for 2011-12 at the end of October after receiving an additional £3m in-year allocation, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
Southampton overperforms on all referral targets
PERFORMANCE: Southampton primary care trust is overperforming against plan on all its activity indicators, cluster board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Surrey has 10 emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: There are currently 10 clinical commissioning groups emerging in Surrey, according to primary are trust documents.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull decide on five CCGs but not exact membership
STRUCTURE: The Birmingham and Solihull PCTs had said there are five emerging clinical commissioning groups in their area - down from a previous 12 hopeful groups.
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HSJ Local
'Race split' Milton Keynes CCGs agree to merge
STRUCTURE: Two emerging clinical commissioning groups in Milton Keynes - one of which was dominated by doctors with an Asian background - have agreed to merge.
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NewsPCT and SHA staff to be told their 'expected destination' on 31 January
All primary care trust and strategic health authority staff should receive a personal letter telling them “the expected destination (or destinations) of their current function” in the new commissioning system, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsPublic health needs new 'business model'
Public health professionals will need to “radically” change their approach to working with others when they move from primary care trusts to local authorities, a group of specialists has advised.