Primary Care – Page 317
-
News
Welsh Ambulance Service gets third chief executive in as many months
The Welsh Ambulance Services trust has appointed a turnaround expert as its permanent chief executive.
-
News
Spent forces: who pulls the levers on local funding
The King's Fund report on variations in primary care trust spending demonstrates that the 'postcode lottery' stretches far beyond the availability of drugs. But are PCT priorities really at the heart of decision making? Tash Shifrin reports
-
News
Union hits out at 'back-door' privatisation of ambulance service
A new NHS procurement agency has been accused of attempting a 'back-door privatisation' of East Midlands Ambulance Service trust.
-
News
Netcare lead bidder for Manchester integrated clinical assessment and treatment services
The Department of Health has named Netcare and Partnership Health Group - in partnership with Alliance Medical - as preferred bidders for its controversial integrated clinical assessment and treatment services in Manchester, HSJhas learnt.
-
Comment
David Woodhead on public health
'We were facing our just desert for all the desserts we had just crammed in out faces'
-
HSJ Knowledge
Caught up in the network
The funding promised to 31 teaching primary care trusts will soon arrive and, with big plans in the pipeline, it comes at just the right time. Daloni Carlisle reports
-
HSJ Knowledge
Dr Raj Persaud: mind games
'Confidence in the effectiveness of your own communication skills and general abilities can be enormously helpful in situations where you are dealing with difficult subjects.'
-
News
Stockport PCT denies limiting choice to independent sector
Stockport primary care trust has denied claims that it is limiting patient choice for orthopaedic patients to the local private sector.
-
News
Big variations in PCT disease spending
An analysis of primary care trust spending on different diseases has revealed a number of stark variations, with some PCTs spending up to seven times as much as others in key areas.
-
News
SHA investigation into chief executive's contract
East of England strategic health authority is attempting to resolve investigations into the contractual arrangements of an interim primary care trust chief executive.
-
News
Press man quits
The health board press officer hired on the basis of a controversial strategy document which criticised politicians and said GPs had egos the size of mountains has quit his post.
-
Comment
Comment: PCT recruitment cannot afford to pay tribute to the old regime
'To what extent is the success of current primary care trust chief executives in winning the top jobs in the new organisations a verdict on the success of the whole sector?'
-
Comment
Comment: managing demand without the command
'It is not disagreeing but dissembling that really annoys doctors.'
-
News
Government launches childhood obesity plan
Education secretary Alan Johnson has announced a package of new measures to tackle childhood obesity in schools.
-
News
Employee contributions rise in bid to save final salary pension
Pension contributions for senior managers will rise by as much as £140 a month under new proposals.
-
News
Strategy overhaul for end-of-life care
Choice at the end of life, funding for hospices and palliative care, improved quality of care and better cross-agency working for those with terminal illness could be overhauled following a high-level review.
-
News
Rural GP vacancies increase despite improving recruitment
Vacancy rates for GPs in rural areas of England and Wales have increased despite improving rates of recruitment of GPs overall, figures released by the NHS information centre for health and social care reveal.
-
News
NICE issues training guidance for parents of children with 'conduct disorders'
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has unveiled joint guidelines on training programmes for parents of children with 'conduct disorders'.
-
News
Booking system in crash chaos
Staff in hospitals and primary care trusts across the Midlands and the North West have had to record patient movement using pens and paper following a 48-hour blackout of their booking system.
-
News
Managers in Partnership sounds alarm as boards lose autonomy over directors' pay
Union Managers in Partnership has slammed the new pay deal for very senior NHS managers. The union says it has no confidence that the long-awaited deal published by the government last week 'will deliver remuneration that is fair, open and delivers equal pay for work of equal value'.