All PCTs articles – Page 28
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News
Providers warn over dangers of PCT ‘war chest’
NHS commissioners are building a “war chest” to fund service reorganisation and deal with financial emergencies. But providers are warning the move risks “unnecessary cuts to jobs and services”.
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News
Fast-tracked treatment for armed forces to be law
Commissioners face further pressure not to restrict treatments following a move to enshrine in law preferential access to care for the armed forces.
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HSJ Local
North Tyneside PCT passes £298m to consortia
FINANCE: North Tyneside PCT has delegated responsibility for £298m spending to two emerging commissioning consortia.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle PCT delegates £344m to shadow consortia
FINANCE: Newcastle PCT has delegated responsibility for £344m spending to two emerging commissioning consortia, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey halted referrals to private providers over indemnity risk
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust identified risk around lack of indemnity cover at some of its independent providers and halted referrals to them in March as a result, according to latest board papers.
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HSJ Local
Healthy financial position for Surrey Community Health
FINANCE: The financial position for Surrey Community Health after 10 months of last year, to 31 January, showed a surplus of £316,000 with a forecast outturn of £600,000 surplus.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth stroke care below target despite improvements
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of stroke patients in Portsmouth receiving quality care is increasing – but remains below target.
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HSJ Local
NHS Blackpool to consult on possible closure of four hospitals
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is planning to consult on a savings plan which could result in the closure of four community hospitals across the Fylde coast area, board documents show.
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HSJ Local
North Central London cluster calls in consultants to risk assure QIPP plan
FINANCE: The cluster of five London commissioners has brought in PricewaterhouseCoopers to “provide assurance on deliverability” of its efficiency plans.
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HSJ Local
NHS Waltham Forest supported by London's Challenged Trust Board
FINANCE: The north east London primary care trust had £9m allocated to it from the Challenged Trust Board (CTB), a sub committee of the capital’s stategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
Shadow social enterprise now operating in east Surrey
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust said a social enterprise was now running part of its community services, under the transforming community services programme.
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HSJ Local
NHS South Gloucestershire sets ambitious QIPP plan
FINANCE: NHS South Gloucestershire is planning to make more than £14m of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings during 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire PCT 'pauses' its board
STRUCTURE: NHS Lincolnshire has cancelled its May board meeting because of the “pause” taken by the government in the introduction of the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
NHS North Yorkshire and York celebrates refurbishment of historic hospital
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has celebrated the completion of a £2.7m refurbishment of the historic Bootham Park Hospital in York.
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HSJ Local
Northamptonshire PCT underspends by £10.5m
FINANCE: NHS Northamptonshire finished the financial year with an underspend of more than £10.5m, according to the primary care trust’s board papers.
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HSJ Local
Derby City 'sharing' QIPP savings with consortia
FINANCE: Shadow commissioning budgets in Derbyshire for 2011-12 will allocate quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings to GP practices along primary care trust boundaries.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield's four consortia seek joint accountable officer
STRUCTURE: The four emerging commissioning consortia in Sheffield are forming an overarching committee, which will have an accountable officer.
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HSJ Local
Barking and Dagenham's individual funding request policy adopted by cluster
FINANCE: Barking and Dagenham’s system for dealing with individual funding requests for treatments not normally funded on the NHS has been adopted by across its cluster, after being deemed the most efficient.
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News
PCTs withholding consortia funding, claims NAPC
Primary care trusts could be setting commissioning consortia up to fail by denying them development funding, the National Association of Primary Care has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Hartlepool and Stockton PCTs expect surplus despite acute overspend
FINANCE: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees PCTs were expecting £100,000 and £400,000 total underspends respectively for 2010-11, in spite of large acute overspends.