All WESTMINSTER PCT articles – Page 3
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NewsNHS Partners in row over ‘cosy’ deal
The carve-up of primary care trust provider arms has seen mental health and acute trusts pick up the greatest amount of work while the private sector will secure the least.
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HSJ Knowledge
Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of the NHS conference.
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NewsSHAs to set senior managers' pay at aspirant CFTs
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson’s decision to leave aspirant community foundation trust pay decisions with strategic health authorities could be a barrier to appointments, unions have warned.
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NewsNHS London makes appointment to first set of merged PCTs
NHS London has finalised the new management structure for the first of its merged primary care trusts.
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NewsNHS London to speed up management cost reductions
London strategic health authority is bringing forward a planned £50m cut in its management costs by a year.
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NewsEight PCTs to share single management
Representatives of eight London primary care trusts have agreed to put their organisations into three clusters under one management framework, saving £48m.
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NewsPCTs to 'road test' direct payments to patients
Primary care trusts in London and Liverpool will be among the first to “road test” direct payments for personal health budgets, care services minister Paul Burstow announced today.
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HSJ KnowledgeFocus funding plans on people – not processes
Councils and the NHS are being urged to make service user experience the starting point for constructing their joint financial arrangements. Helen Mooney explains
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NewsMost PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use
The majority of primary care trusts are meeting only “minimum requirements” in their use of resources, the results of the Audit Commission’s annual test have shown.
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NewsChoice of male or female GP still unequal
Variations between primary care trusts in the quality of their GP services and how easily patients can access them remain stark.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS
Collecting ethnicity data and engaging with the range of communities will help the NHS address health inequalities and meet its statutory requirements, says Caroline White
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NewsLondon's acute trusts told to plan for fewer services
London’s hospital trusts are being told to plan their future in a significantly smaller acute sector - or have it dictated to them.
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NewsMark Britnell move 'will not hit world class commissioning'
The Department of Health is downplaying Mark Britnell’s departure for the private sector, insisting the world class commissioning programme will not flounder without him.
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NewsNHS staffing levels 'to remain static'
Funding shortfalls and cutbacks mean NHS staffing levels will likely remain static at best over the next five years, experts have said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health inequalities evaluation framework
In September 2008, NHS Westminster commissioned Shared Intelligence and Gillian Granville Associates to develop an evaluation framework. The purpose was to shape the development and delivery of the health inequalities and health promotion programmes, and build the local evidence base of effectiveness.
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News‘Weak’ chiefs keep London NHS hospitals in stasis
Hospital chief executives in denial and weak primary care trusts have been blamed for major problems in north London’s hospital sector.
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NewsLondon names 'inner cabinet' PCT chiefs
NHS London has named the six primary care trust chief executives who will lead commissioning and performance management of hospital services for the whole city.
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CommentLisa Rodrigues on the media and clinical leadership
I’ve had one of those weeks. I was on the interview panel to appoint the chief executive of the NHS Confederation and within 24 hours we were the top story on BBC News at 10.How does one convey to the public that bad things sometimes happen? Particularly when they are ...
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HSJ Knowledge
The homeless and health
Initiatives to wrestle with the health consequences of homelessness are deprived of a coherent national strategy, say campaigners. Mark Gould hears the growing calls for the NHS to take the lead
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News
PCTs failing to decommission services
Two out of three primary care trusts failed to decommission any services last year, showing the extent of the challenge they face to become world class commissioners.
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