Primary Care – Page 136
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HSJ Local
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.
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HSJ KnowledgeJoint replacement: how to build financially sustainable services
HSJ Change Forecast this quarter focuses on how trusts can implement optimised pathways in primary hip and knee replacement care to ensure a financially sustainable, clinically appropriate and patient-friendly service.
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HSJ KnowledgeNon-optimised joint replacement pathways to create wear and tear on 2011-12 budgets
The primary total hip and knee replacement BPT should be seen as a very real opportunity to create capacity within the NHS without added investment, argues Sg2’s vice president Meghan Robb.
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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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NewsPCT 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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CommentPost-reform NHS is life, still, but not as we know it
As the dust begins to settle a little on the furore that surrounded the introduction of the Health Bill last month, the wiser among us have started to think through what the new landscape might resemble.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow optimised TJR pathways can improve services and offset financial pressures
Care pathway optimisation for total joint replacement allows hospitals to offset likely loss of income incurred by the new best practice tariff, whilst improving treatment outcomes and patient experience. Sg2 vice president Meghan Robb explains how to achieve this.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: health mogul
‘Family doctor to health mogul? It’s what my patients want for me’
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NewsPCT 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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NewsFair 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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NewsGP 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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NewsPrimary 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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LeaderIf 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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NewsCouncil 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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HSJ Local
NHS Derbyshire County's predicted overspend increases by £2.7m in a month
FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has increased its predicted overspend by £2.7m in a month due to high activity levels among trusts.
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HSJ Local
King's College Hospital Foundation Trust A&E overperforming bar one of its cluster PCTs
FINANCE: Of the six primary care trusts in its sector only NHS Southwark didn’t see an overperformance for A&E from the south London trust.
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Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has highlighted breast cancer referral times as a red risk in its performance report.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley Hospital FT driving acute overspend for PCT
FINANCE: Barnsley PCT has reported that an overspend on acute contracts is driven by over-performance at Barnsley Hospital FT.
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HSJ Local
Cumbria Partnership seeks to repatriate high-cost patients to local services
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust is working with NHS Cumbria to find ways of ‘repatriating’ high-cost patients to local providers.
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HSJ Local
Bassetlaw Hospital children services unsustainable
STRUCTURE: A review carried out for NHS Bassetlaw has found that current services for children at Bassetlaw Hospital are safe, but are not sustainable in their current form into the future.