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NewsAlcohol and drug care 'saves money'
Every pound spent on helping teenagers cope with drug and alcohol problems saves the taxpayer up to £8 over a lifetime, economists have said.
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NewsReforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The government’s pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors’ leaders.
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News1,000 trust jobs at risk, chief executive admits
Up to 1,000 jobs could go at the Pennine Acute Trust to meet budget savings, its chief executive has warned.
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NHS Warrington chief plans power handover to GPs
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive has unveiled plans to hand responsibility for commissioning secondary and community health care services to an emergent GP consortium.
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Stockport FT contract £2.5m overspent, while waiting times increase
FINANCE: The foundation had over-performed on its contract with NHS Stockport by £2.5m by the end of January, board papers from the primary care trust show.
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Salford plans new tactic to curb use of high-cost antipsychotics at Greater Manchester West FT
FINANCE: NHS Salford is seeking the support of two other commissioners to instruct the mental health trust to switch to prescribing cheaper antipsychotic drugs.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust £1.9m ahead of budget for the month
FINANCE: The specialist trust was predicting a deficit of £400,000 for January but instead saw a surplus of £1.5m.
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Stockton PCT to pick shadow consortium board
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Stockton-On-Tees Teaching PCT’s patch.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust staff sent to Coventry
WORKFORCE: Paediatric staff at George Eliot Hospital Trust are transferring to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust as part of a service integration.
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ISTC overspend for Buckinghamshire PCT
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire PCT has reported an over spend of almost £1m in its contract with a local independent sector treatment centre.
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£3m surplus at Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Trust
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has collected a surplus of over £3m so far this financial year.
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NHS Croydon closes outmoded learning disability facilities
PERFORMANCE: The south London primary care trust has now closed its learning disability campus, NHS London has confirmed.
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Torbay Care Trust commissioning staff to transfer to NHS Devon
WORKFORCE: Commissioning staff from Torbay Care Trust will be transferred to NHS Devon until the NHS Commissioning board is in place and GPs take over local commissioning.
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NHS Barnet among seven London PCTs due to miss DH deadline for shutting outmoded learning disability facilities
PERFORMANCE: Seven London primary care trusts have missed a government deadline for closing down their learning disability campuses, new documents reveal.
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North Staffs PCT reveals make-up and remit of shadow consortium
STRUCTURE: NHS North Staffordshire has developed details of the structure, roles and operation of its shadow commissioning consortium.
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PCT disputes "unexplained increase" in admissions to University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust
FINANCE: There has been a “significant and unexplained increase” in emergency short-stay admissions at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, according to commissioners.
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NHS Wirral shifts 120 staff to GP commissioning support
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has agreed to assign nearly 120 members of staff to provide commissioning support for pathfinder GP consortia on its patch.
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Trafford PCT seeks short-term caretaker for its provider arm
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has asked a newly-formed community services trust to take over its provider arm on a short-term contract, while it continues work on its plans for an integrated care organisation (ICO).
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Funding fears for teenage pregnancy services in South Birmingham amid PCT "red risk"
PERFORMANCE: Young people in south Birmingham are not being referred to services aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, even though conception rates are running at 41 per cent above target.
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NHS Stockport forecasts £7m shortfall on turnaround savings plan
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported that its turnaround plan to deliver £17.4m of cash releasing efficiency savings this year will fall short by £7m.