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HSJ Local
5 Boroughs chief exec warns white paper has robbed his area of strong PCT leadership
STRUCTURE: The foundation’s chief executive warned his board that all of their commissioners were lacking ‘substantive leadership’ as a result of the Liberating the NHS white paper.
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PCT non-execs to hold clusters to account
The Department of Health has had to revise its guidance on primary care trust non-executive directors amid concerns their role is being squeezed in the move to group 151 PCTs into clusters.
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HSJ Local
GPs expected to bust Liverpool PCT’s prescribing budget
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported that its GPs are due to overspend on prescribing budgets by £5.7m.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals look to become global brand through merger
COMMERCIAL: The boards of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use the merger to create a powerful, globally recognised brand.
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PCT chiefs fight loss of accountable officer status and right to redundancy
Primary care trust chief executives are fighting attempts to withhold redundancy payments from those moving into jobs lacking “accountable officer” status.
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Fair funding change 'threatens' poorer areas
Changes to the formula used to determine fair funding allocations to primary care trusts constitute a “threat” to tackling health inequalities, inner city PCTs are being told.
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GP services face scrutiny under competition system
Community services provided by GPs worth nearly £400m will have to go through a competition approval process as part of the transition to consortium commissioning, HSJ has been told.
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DH to drop workforce section in slim down
The Department of Health’s workforce directorate could disappear as part of a restructure designed to slim down the department.
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Absence savings targets will be hard to achieve, says Audit Commission
NHS organisations should be realistic about the savings they can make by tackling sickness absence, the Audit Commission has said.
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Primary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
Commissioners have ignored the Department of Health’s plea to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on fertility treatment.
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Leader
Local performance is the key to the future of the NHS
Since May the spotlight has been resolutely on changes in national health policy. The entry of the Health Bill into Parliament marks the beginning of the end of that phase. What will matter increasingly is how the NHS at a local level deals with the twin challenge of reform and ...
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Leader
If accountability counts, its value must be recognised
Should we worry that some primary care trust chief executives who are offered more junior roles in PCT clusters, losing their accountable officer status in the process, cannot opt for redundancy instead?
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HSJ Local
PCT delivers just 1 per cent of screening results on time
PERFORMANCE: Only 1 per cent of cervical screening results were delivered within the two week target at NHS Shropshire County during the first half of 2010-11.
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Council planning change could slash hospital site value
A hospital trust is facing a potential £8m shortfall in funding because of changes in local planning policies and land values.
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Staff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
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Healthcare assistants to ease budget pressures
Providers will need to see a big growth in the number of healthcare assistants over the next decade, the health skills advisory body has said.
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HSJ Local
Sunderland sees three consortia emerging
STRUCTURE: Sunderland Teaching PCT has identified three emerging commissioning consortia.
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HSJ Local
Two consortia emerging in South Tyneside
STRUCTURE: There are two emerging commissioning consortia in the South Tyneside PCT area.
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HSJ Local
Gateshead pathfinder to take on urgent care and prescribing
STRUCTURE: The pathfinder consortium covering all Gateshead practices is likely to be delegated urgent care and prescribing budgets from April.
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HSJ Local
NHS North Yorkshire and York mental health services to go to local FTs
COMMERCIAL: The board of NHS North Yorkshire and York has been recommended to award contracts for its mental health services to a mental health trust and an acute trust.