All PCTs articles – Page 35
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HSJ Local
Brighton GPs plan to cut commissioning teeth on mental health
COMMERCIAL: “Brave” GPs in Brighton have provisionally chosen mental health as the area they would like to commission first.
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Comment'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
As the BMA gears up for a crisis meeting to debate the Health Bill, the chair of its consultant and specialists committee voices his fears of a huge split between members - and a ‘seething cauldron’ of competing providers in the future.
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HSJ Local
Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT showing £1.25m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus of £1.25m at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bury predicts year-end surplus, despite January deficit
FINANCE: The primary care trust was still £4.3m in deficit at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
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NewsPCT clusters should have guarantee of existence beyond 2013, says Nuffield Trust
Primary care trust clusters should be given a guarantee that they will continue to exist after 2013 and could become regional outposts of the NHS Commissioning Board, according to experts at the Nuffield Trust.
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HSJ Local
Sickness absence rises at Derby City amid reforms
WORKFORCE: Increased sickness absence rates for the commissioning arm of NHS Derby City could be related to the NHS reforms, according to board papers.
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NewsBook balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
The need to save cash and balance the books is the biggest challenge facing NHS managers, according to a survey.
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NewsMP warns of 'huge gap' in heart care provision
The closure of a children’s heart surgery unit in Leeds would lead to a “huge gap in provision”, an MP has said.
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NewsHalf of PCTs employing temporary executives
Almost half of primary care trusts have executive directors working in an “interim” or “acting” capacity, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsPCTs will decide 'never event' fines for providers
Primary care trusts have been given freedom to set the level of financial penalty imposed on providers for serious failings “that should never happen”.
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HSJ Knowledge
The spirit of independent enterprise still requires sustainable business planning
Employee- and community-led services are still battling to change the philosophy and approach of staff and trusts alike, but the benefits these organisations could bring to service delivery are worth the effort, argues Kevin Jacquiss.
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Comment'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
The grand old health secretary risks getting the new consortia stuck on the hill, unless a change in strategy to push them higher up the slope of success is attempted.
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NewsCommissioning funds used to pay for GP basics
GPs have been able to boost their take-home pay by using commissioning funds rather than their general contractors’ income to buy basic medical equipment and fund practice refurbishments, an HSJ investigation reveals.
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HSJ Local
SHA returns reserves to NHS Herefordshire
FINANCE: The primary care trust is to have nearly £3m of strategic change reserve (SCR) returned by its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
NHS Shropshire County submits planning application for community hospital
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has submitted planning permission for a community healthcare facility.
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NewsDH forbids PCT cluster companies
The Department of Health is set to tell primary care trusts they should stop establishing “shadow” commissioning consortia as limited companies.
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HSJ Local
NHS Manchester will have to make £10m savings in two months
FINANCE: The primary care trust will need to deliver one third of its £30m savings plan in the last two months of 2010-11 to breakeven for the year, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Hole in NHS Oldham’s finances widens to £34.7m for next year
FINANCE: The “gap” the primary care trust is forecasting in its 2011-12 finances has widened by £2.2m during January, its latest financial reports show.
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HSJ Local
NHS Southwark at risk from £13.7m provider over-spends
FINANCE: The primary care trust could see year-end over-spends totalling £13.7m from its two main providers