All PCTs articles – Page 16
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NewsExclusive: 'Significant majority' of CCG population will live in its area - minister
Health minister Earl Howe has written to peers giving new details about how clinical commissioning groups’ populations and areas will be decided.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey reverses IVF funding ban
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is to reinstate IVF treatment from April 2012.
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HSJ Local
Midlands announces cluster chairs
WORKFORCE: NHS Midlands and East has announced the appointment of four chairs to the newly created primary care trust cluster organisations across the region and two new trust chairs.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
FINANCE: Clinical commissioners have identified three services they would like to add to their “Any Qualified Provider” list.
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NewsLansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times
The health secretary is to announce a “ban” on primary care trusts setting minimum waiting times for procedures, with the threat of “removing the chair of the PCT” if it is broken.
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NewsClusters ordered to begin stocktake of 75,000 service contracts
Primary care trust clusters will have to complete a detailed stocktake of their 75,000 service contracts by the end of March 2012, in preparation for transferring them to successor commissioning bodies the following year.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: prominent CCG chair fears DH will impose 200,000 population minimum
STRUCTURE: An emerging London clinical commissioning group and its patient forum are lobbying the health secretary to protect it from forced merger, after the CCG’s chair raised concerns.
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NewsGP commissioning leaders: CCGs should not set referral limits
GPs should not be set referral limits or caps, but must be free to decide NHS spending priorities, two of the biggest supporters of the commissioning reforms have told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Serco wins £32m Cornwall OOH contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has awarded Serco a five year contract for the provision of out of hours services worth £32m.
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NewsNational framework launched for clinical commissioning leadership development
A national framework has been launched for buying leadership development for clinical commissioners.
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HSJ Knowledge
Moving to fairer funding and standardised services for GP practices
A PCT has won agreement from most of its 94 PMS and GMS GP practices to accept an expanded set of “core” and “extended” services in their contracts, and reduce variation in their funding. Dr Paul Cook and colleagues, who led the project, explain how they achieved it.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham cluster appoints chief exec
Workforce: NHS Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County have appointed Derek Bray to be their chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale behind on savings at end of August
FINANCE: NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale recorded savings of £5.2m for the first five months of 2011-12, £1.3m below its target savings to that point of the year, its latest finance report shows.
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Exclusive: inquiry launched as £25m black hole opens up in PCT accounts
An independent “forensic” inquiry has been launched after a £25m financial black hole opened up in NHS Croydon’s accounts.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham CCGs present 'significant challenge' on size and geography
STRUCTURE: The current configuration of clinical commissioning groups in Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country and Arden present a significant challenge on the basis of their “size and geographical coherence”, according to NHS West Midlands.
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CommentLeading the charge for change? An HSJ Summit review
Each year, HSJ hosts an annual policy summit for the most influential people in health. This year, we asked NHS primary care trust staff side lead Alyson Brenchley to attend and record her impressions.
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HSJ Local
Three quarters of Birmingham CCGs rated 'red' in pre-authorisation test
STRUCTURE: Nine of 12 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the Birmingham and Solihull PCT Cluster have been rated “red” for their structure, by a Department of Health assessment tool.
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CommentNorth East PCTs mull region-wide commissioning support
Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are planning to form a commissioning support organisation with others in the North East, which could extend across the whole of the region and even move into Yorkshire.
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HSJ Local
Dilnot social care proposals would cost Surrey £100m a year
FINANCE: Implementing the Dilnot report’s recommendations for reforming social care funding would cost Surrey an extra £100m per year, its county council has estimated.
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HSJ Local
NHS Worcestershire overspends on Continuing Care
FINANCE: NHS Worcestershire is reporting a £3.1m overspend on Continuing Care due to a growth in client numbers compared to 2010-11.