All PCTs articles – Page 23
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HSJ Local
Primary care organisations across NE launch equality consultation
PERFORMANCE: Primary Care Organisations across the North East are inviting members of the public to have their say on how equality can be improved in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
New public health director at North Tyneside
WORKFORCE: North Tyneside Council and primary care trust have jointly appointed a new public health director to start in October.
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NewsMore long wait patients receive NHS treatment
The number of people who have received NHS treatment after a lengthy wait has jumped 61 per cent in one year, according to new figures.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire is worst area for stroke care
PERFORMANCE: Lincolnshire is the worst performing primary care trust area in England on two key stroke indicators, information released by the Department of Health has shown.
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NewsOne in seven CCG populations too small for authorisation
One in seven emerging clinical commissioning groups could be asked to reform because they are too small, HSJ research suggests.
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HSJ Local
NHS Knowsley had best smoking quit rate in NW in 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust had the highest rate of adults successfully quitting smoking in the North West last year, latest figures show.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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NewsDH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
The Department of Health has set out key details of the authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups – but stopped short of providing a clear list of requirements or a “bar” for approval.
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care
Quality assessment helps remove disparity between out of hours and daytime care, improving performance and patients’ experience of their local health services, say Urgent Health UK medical director Simon Abrams and chair Mark Reynolds.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend
FINANCE: Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend but has worst-case scenario of £17m deficit
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HSJ Local
West Sussex reports success in smoking cessation
PERFORMANCE: Around 10,000 people have given up smoking using NHS smoking cessation services in Sussex, according to the county’s primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
West Kent at ‘extremely high risk’ from QIPP
FINANCE: The primary care trust reported a breakeven position after the first two months of the year, but had to use contingencies to avoid a deficit.
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HSJ Local
Kent cluster still lacking director of finance
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster has reported “good progress” in appointing directors but still has a gap in finance.
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HSJ Local
NHS Medway records small in-year surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust had fallen slightly behind plan after the first two months of the financial year, but did report a surplus.
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HSJ Local
East and Coastal Kent records year to date surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported a surplus for the first two months of the financial year but would have been in deficit without the use of contingency funds.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bury deficit rose to £1.7m by end of June
FINANCE: The primary care trust was £1.7m in deficit at the end of June 2011, against plans to have made a surplus of £63,000 by that point in the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Lambeth moves to single emerging CCG
STRUCTURE: The GPs in Lambeth are now members of a single emerging clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wiltshire struggles to reach contract agreement with acutes
FINANCE: NHS Wiltshire had still not agreed contracts with four of its biggest acute providers by the start of July.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire East falls short on QIPP savings
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust made only two thirds of its planned efficiency savings in the first two months of 2011-12, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire West QIPP slips
FINANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust is expecting to meet its surplus target of £1.6m for 2011-12, but said some efficiency schemes were already showing “significant slippage” in the first two months of the year.