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Manchester PCT looks to delegate £696m commissioning
STRUCTURE: Manchester primary care trust is planning to delegate £696m spending - around 70 per cent of its budget - to its emerging commissioning consortia from April.
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North Essex mental health trust takes on Suffolk community services
STRUCTURE: North Essex Partnership FT has been appointed as the interim host for Suffolk Community Healthcare, the community services arm of NHS Suffolk.
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Conflict of interest concern in primary care centre cuts
Primary care access centres are becoming a common early target for cuts, examples highlighted to HSJ suggest, as spending is squeezed and GPs take a greater role in commissioning.
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Consortia to be authorised in stages, Sir David tells HSJ
Commissioning consortia could be authorised in degrees and should not “make” their own commissioning support, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ in a wide-ranging interview.
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PCT cluster retracts threat to cut public health posts
A primary care trust cluster in London has retracted letters sent to public health staff warning them their posts were “at risk”, after a minister publicly said it was wrong.
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Circle refers two PCTs to Cooperation and Competition Panel
An independent hospital group has referred two primary care trusts to the Co-operation and Competition Panel over claims of unfair procurement policy, including sub-tariff pricing.
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Unions' fury at PM privatisation plans
The prime minister has been accused of trying to take the UK back to the “divisive” years of the 1980s after suggesting that all public services could be opened up to private companies.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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NHS 24 launches health check service
People in Scotland turning 40 will be invited for a health check as part of a new service from NHS 24.
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Derby Hospitals selling £600 'doors' for crime scenes
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has designed a decontamination “door” for hospital wards, crime scenes and fire-ravaged buildings costing nearly £600 a piece.
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Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
Seven areas with high levels of health and social care integration have formally warned the government that its “inflexible” approach to NHS reform will force them to dismantle their current arrangements.
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Trusts' safety alert compliance still short despite improvements
There has been a 50 per cent improvement in compliance with patient safety alerts over the last six months.
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Eight consortia identified in Norfolk
STRUCTURE: Norfolk PCT has identified eight emerging GP-led commissioning groups.
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PCT tells Basildon and Thurrock FT to delay appointments
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust has been asked by the primary care trust to delay non-urgent first appointments until 14 weeks after GP referral.
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The Whittington could lose £4m if it breaches "risk-sharing" cap with commissioning cluster
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust has accounted for the possibility that it will breach the £2.3m activity limit cap with its main primary care trust commissioners in north central London (NCL) by £3.7m.
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NHS Bolton sees poor waiting times performance deteriorate among its providers
PERFORMANCE: The performance of hospitals in Bolton against key waiting times indicators continued to deteriorate in December, the primary care trust reported.
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One consortium to cover Luton TPCT
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging covering practices under Luton Teaching PCT.
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Cameron unveils privatisation drive
Almost all public services could be opened up to private companies under plans being put forward by prime minister David Cameron.
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Reforms will break up NHS - Healey
The health reforms being pushed through by the government will lead to the break-up of the NHS, Labour has warned.
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Experts warn of increase in alcohol-related deaths
Health experts have accused the government of pandering to the drinks industry as they revealed up to 250,000 extra lives could be lost in the next 20 years unless tough restrictions are introduced.