Primary Care – Page 142
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Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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NewsNicholson midwives claim 'an error'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson’s claim that there was a shortage of 4,500 midwives was an “error”, health secretary Andrew Lansley has told MPs.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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East Riding of Yorkshire behind on QIPP
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT is £2.8m behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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Bedfordshire PCT pays out almost £1m on MARS
WORKFORCE: Fifty-four members of staff at NHS Bedfordshire and its provider arm have taken up the offer of the mutually agreed resignation scheme (MARS) at a total cost of £980,000.
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Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust’s overall performance on internal QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings plans has dipped significantly.
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Non-elective activity drives overspend at West Essex PCT
FINANCE: NHS West Essex forecasts that its £5.3m overspend will not grow much bigger thanks to QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings.
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Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT savings depend on admissions scheme
FINANCE: Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s still has £2.7m to save to meet its QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) target.
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South Staffs PCT reduces deficit
FINANCE: The primary care trust was reporting a deficit of 2,437,000 at month seven.
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South Staffs PCT relying on care record cash to improve finances
FINANCE: At month nine the primary care trust was reporting a deficit of £1,618,000, prior to the inclusion of Summary Care Record funding.
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NHS North Staffordshire identifies management capacity as risk
WORKFORCE: Management capacity has been identified as one of the most significant risks facing the PCT
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Hastings and Rother PCT behind on finance plan
FINANCE: The primary care trust has fallen behind on its planned surplus after six months of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Public petition against closure of West Kent PCT-run GP surgery
STRUCTURE: More than 500 people have signed a petition against the closure of a GP practice run by the primary care trust.
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East Sussex PCT falling behind on finance plan
FINANCE: The primary care trust has fallen behind on its planned surplus after six months of the financial year.
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Medway FT in top tier for stroke services
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been rated as one of the best in country for stroke services.
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NHS Surrey likely to form cluster of its own
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust, one of the largest in the country, looks set to form a cluster by itself as part of plans being drawn up by NHS South East Coast.
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NHS Doncaster working on consortia governance
STRUCTURE: NHS Doncaster is developing governance arrangements for an area-wide commissioning consortium, after being named as a “pathfinder” to trial the arrangements for the transfer of budgets from primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
NHS Calderdale £3.2m behind plan
FINANCE: NHS Calderdale is projecting an overspend of £3.2m in 2010-11, against its planned £6.8m surplus.
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...