All PCT LIST articles – Page 17
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Reconfiguration halted in NHS Somerset
STRUCTURE: Plans to centralise gynaecological cancer services in the NHS Somerset area have been shelved after they failed to meet the new reconfiguration tests.
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North Lancs seeks to pass budget to three consortia
STRUCTURE: North Lancashire Teaching PCT is seeking to delegate its total funding allocation to three emerging commissioning consortia from April.
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NHS Somerset overspends on bariatric services
FINANCE: A £432,000 overspend by NHS Somerset at Taunton and Somerset FT is mainly down to the provision of bariatric services.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare rejects PCT call to extend waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare has rejected the local PCTs request to extend waiting times for non-urgent patients.
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Heatherwood and Wexham FT blames PCT for over activity
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals FT has attributed its over activity on Berkshire East PCT’s failure to manage demand and expressed concern at an “unacceptable” delay in payment.
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NHS Kingston's successor consortium pulls rank on the PCT cluster
STRUCTURE: A GP consortium in Kingston has written to the chief executive for their cluster demanding to be “dealt with fairly” and revealing they intend to use consultancy KPMG for their 2011/12 development plan.
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Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
FINANCE: By the end of December the foundation had over-performed against its contract with primary care trust NHS Blackpool by £3,794,458.
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NHS Blackpool savings plan slips another £1m behind in one month
FINANCE: The primary care trust fell another £1,060,831 behind on its savings plan between November and December.
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NHS County Durham developing consortia delegation plans
FINANCE: The primary care trust is quickly developing plans to delegate payment-by-results based budgets to commissioning consortia.
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Darlington PCT developing commissioning delegation plans
FINANCE: Darlington primary care trust is quickly developing plans to delegate payment-by-results based budgets to a commissioning consortium.
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Single Calderdale consortium developing delegation plans
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium covering Calderdale is developing plans with the primary care trust to have powers and resources - in staff and finance - assigned to it.
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‘Cluster’ leadership role for NHS Brighton and Hove chief exec
WORKFORCE: Amanda Fadero, current chief executive of NHS Brighton and Hove, has been appointed as designate chief executive for the primary care trust “cluster” that will cover Sussex.
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NHS Brighton and Hove yet to secure year-end surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust was continuing to forecast a year-end surplus in December but acknowledges this not yet “secure”.
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'Brave' Brighton and Hove GPs to commission mental health first
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has said local GPs have mooted the idea they would like to take over the commissioning of mental health services.
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NHS Bolton holding elections for two consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS Bolton is holding elections to the leadership of two emerging commissioning consortia.
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Delayed transfers of care rates four-times higher than targets, NHS Barking & Dagenham reports
PERFORMANCE: The east London primary care trust has seen DTOCs of between 3.5 and five per cent, against its target of one per cent.
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Deficit-stricken NHS Harrow cuts chlamydia screening funding as rates plummet
PERFORMANCE: The north west London primary care trust recorded a screening rate of 8.42 per cent in its most recent performance report.
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Bedfordshire PCT approves new mental inpatient plans
STRUCTURE: Bedfordshire PCT has approved recommendations on how mental health inpatient services will be run by South Essex Partnership University FT (SEPT).
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SHA arbitrates after dispute between trust and NHS Greenwich PCT cluster
FINANCE: A primary care trust has seen the contract value of services with its local acute rise by £10m for the second half of the financial year after arbitration.
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South west London cluster negotiates below-tariff prices for urgent admissions
FINANCE: Commissioners in London plan to shave millions off what they pay for urgent care with a package of measures including locally-negotiated below-tariff prices.