All PCTs articles – Page 27
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NewsNew guidance warns of higher bar for JSNAs
The new “enhanced” joint strategic needs assessment does not represent “business as usual” for the NHS, guidelines have warned.
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HSJ Local
North Lincs PCT eyes hospital mortality figures
PERFORMANCE: North Lincolnshire PCT is monitoring concerns about mortality rates at two of its main providers, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsClusters to be given single operating model under DH plans
The Department of Health is set to impose a single operating model on primary care trust clusters in order to maintain a grip on NHS finances, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Western Cheshire sets aside £8m against risk of ‘reinstating’ mental health funds
FINANCE: The primary care trust has set aside an £8m reserve in its 2011-12 accounts against the possibility that it might have to “reinstate” secure mental health funds it used years ago to plug overspends on other services.
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NewsClegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has given the clearest signal yet the transition to commissioning consortia will be slowed down, with other structures remaining in place “where GPs are not yet ready” to take over.
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HSJ Local
PCTs step up transfer of responsibility to consortia
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in the North East are starting to delegate authority to commissioning consortia.
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HSJ Local
Cash-strapped PCT escapes budget topslice
FINANCE: One of England’s most financially troubled primary care trusts cannot guarantee it will meet the national requirement to hold 2 per cent of its funding back from routine spending.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits better communication and negotiation skills could bring to the NHS
Forget the current proposals made by the government to change the organisation of the NHS, it’s an improvement in communication and negotiation skills that are needed in the service, according to Huthwaite International business director Alison Morris.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham consortium elects chair
WORKFORCE: Nottingham City General Practice Consortium has elected its chair and vice chair.
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HSJ Local
Former West Kent chief exec leaves SHA role for Qatar
WORKFORCE: NHS South East Coast regional director of provider development Steve Phoenix is to leave the strategic health authority in September.
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HSJ Local
Darlington PCT overspent on non-NHS provider
FINANCE: Darlington PCT was due to meet its overall surplus plan for 2010-11, despite recording significant over-performance on its contracts with independent sector treatment centres.
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HSJ Local
Private provider opens specialist rehab hospital in Southwark
STRUCTURE: The Cambian Group has announced the opening of a new hospital in the Southwark area to rehabilitate men with mental health problems.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals creates community services division
STRUCTURE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken on most of its local primary care trusts’ community services, and housing them in a new division.
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HSJ Local
Kirklees PCT developing community services social enterprise 'at pace'
STRUCTURE: Kirklees is working on establishing its community services as a social enterprise “at pace”, according to board papers.
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NewsNHS waste costing millions of pounds annually
The NHS can save millions of pounds a year on the products it buys by making a concerted effort to tackle waste, MPs have said.
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NewsBMA: commissioning consortia are excluding salaried GPs
Sessional GPs are being blocked from involvement in emerging commissioning consortia, the British Medical Association GPs committee has warned.
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HSJ Local
SE London cluster has 22 red-rated 'issues of concern' with independent contractors
PERFORMANCE: A South East London cluster has 22 red-rated “issues of concern” with independent contractors, according to its latest risk register.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton practice-based commissioners run up £7.84m overspend
FINANCE: Practice-based commissioners overseen by NHS Wolverhampton City have run up a recurrent overspend of £7.84m.
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HSJ Local
Three Sunderland PBC groups merge into one consortium
STRUCTURE: Three practice based commissioning groups in Sunderland Teaching PCT’s area are merging to form one consortium commissioning board.
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HSJ Local
Two South Tyneside consortia become one
STRUCTURE: South Tyneside PCT’s two previous commissioning consortia - Alliance Consortium and C7 - are forming a single consortium board.