All Primary care contracts and commissioning articles – Page 27
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NewsRCN 'extremely disappointed' at lack of nurse inclusion in reforms
Government reforms will “struggle to succeed” without more engagement with nurses, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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NewsDanger consortia will overlook networked services
Measures must be put in place to ensure that networked hospital services covering large geographical areas are not overlooked when GPs take responsibility for commissioning, surgeons have warned.
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DH figures show pathfinder GPs are set to bust budgets
A significant number of the new “pathfinder” commissioning consortia are on track to bust their budgets this financial year, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsNHS operating framework reasserts central 'grip'
Strategic health authorities will hold back 2 per cent of primary care trusts’ allocations next year to ensure funds are available to meet the “costs of change”.
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NewsBMA criticises government for 'disregarding' the concerns of doctors
The government has ignored doctors’ “major concerns” about its radical health service reforms, the British Medical Association has claimed.
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NewsConsortia should not inherit debts from PCTs, says government
Commissioning consortia will not inherit debts from primary care trusts when they take over in 2013, the government has announced in its white paper response.
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NewsConsortia to get £25-35 per head for running costs
Commissioning consortia will have an allowance for running costs in the range of £25-35 per head of population by 2014-15, the government has announced.
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NewsLansley: 'large number of people' support reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has insisted there is broad support for his health service reforms.
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NewsConsortia should share finance directors, says NHS finance chief
Some commissioning consortia are likely to share finance directors, the deputy NHS chief executive has confirmed.
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NewsPCTs expected to be ‘ordered’ to cluster
The Department of Health is likely to make mergers of primary care trusts a requirement in its operating framework for 2011-12, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPCT chiefs help drive new structure
Five primary care trust chief executives have left their organisations for full time roles developing the new commissioning infrastructure.
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NewsMP questions strategic health planning base
It remains unclear who would be responsible for vital strategic health planning during the transition to commissioning consortia and beyond, a shadow health minister has warned.
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NewsLansley: More pathfinders named in 'weeks'
The health secretary has said more pathfinder consortia will be named in “coming weeks and months”, following the first 54 announced today.
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NewsPathfinder size suggests consortia will total under 250
The size of the pathfinder commissioning consortia announced by the government suggests there are ultimately likely to be fewer than 250 covering England.
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NewsBigger consortia safer from risk, say consultants
The deputy chief executive of the NHS has said that commissioning consortia are likely to be “fewer and bigger” than the 500 to 600 figure often cited.
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NewsPCT chief execs leave for national roles
Three primary care trust chief executives have left their organisations for full time roles developing the new commissioning infrastructure.
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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NewsDepartment of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
The Department of Health will publish a “road map” for the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities before Christmas, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said. He warned there will be no “slow down” in the process.