Primary Care – Page 198
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NewsPCTs find there are no shortcuts to freedom
Pursuing the rewards for world class commissioning unveiled by the Department of Health this week looks likely to prove a test of every PCT’s whole operational strategy. Helen Crump reports
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NewsSteve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
The NHS is facing a “make or break” moment in its history, NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett told delegates at the conference today.
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NewsIt's official: NHS productivity is rising
NHS productivity rose by 1.2 per cent in 2007 and 0.7 per cent in 2006, official statistics show, reversing a seven year stretch of declining productivity.
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NewsNHS waiting times up sharply
The number of patients waiting more than eight weeks for an outpatient appointment has shot up by nearly a third in the space of a month, Department of Health figures reveal.
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CommunityBank to basics
Primary care trusts were unfazed when health select committee MPs slated their financial abilities earlier this year.
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NewsPCTs leave public on the policy sidelines
Primary care trusts are failing to put patients and the public at the centre of the very strategies designed to engage them.
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Comment
Michael White on the big split over ISTCs
Andrew Lansley has been out and about attacking Alan Johnson’s record as a failed health secretary (“the postman who hasn’t delivered”) on the grounds he has not closed the health gap between rich and poor - and also let the NHS’s Blairite choice agenda atrophy.
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NewsUnite campaigns against community service reforms
Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking in partnership to tackle health inequalities
Managers from NHS Birmingham East and North explain the work their PCT has done to tackle health inequalities. Sponsored by Dr Foster
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NewsWorld class commissioning could save PCTs £3bn
Primary care trusts could save £3bn over five years through world class commissioning, the Department of Health has claimed.
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NewsAndrew Lansley attacks Alan Johnson
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley attacked Alan Johnson in a speech to the Royal Society for Arts yesterday, accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities as health secretary.
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NewsMassive variation in London child obesity
Childhood obesity levels vary by more than 100 per cent between primary care trusts within London.
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NewsNew NHS tariff upsets PCT financial plans
Cost inflation caused by the introduction of the latest version of the payment by results tariff could hit primary care trusts’ preparations for the financial downturn, commissioners have warned.
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NewsGP incentive system delivers disappointing results on diabetes
The GP incentive scheme has not had the dramatic impact on diabetes care that was predicted when it was introduced five years ago, researchers have found.
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NewsNICE backs complementary therapies
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has given its backing to complementary therapies for the first time.
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NewsCompetition panel looks at NHS provider shift
The co-operation and competition panel is to investigate plans to transfer a primary care trust provider arm’s services to a foundation trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioner-provider divide
Primary care trusts are facing some critical issues over the integrity of local services as they separate their commissioner and provider functions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health inequalities evaluation framework
In September 2008, NHS Westminster commissioned Shared Intelligence and Gillian Granville Associates to develop an evaluation framework. The purpose was to shape the development and delivery of the health inequalities and health promotion programmes, and build the local evidence base of effectiveness.
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CommentDavid Peat on embracing NHS change
Attitudes to the idea of change have always fascinated me. And I suppose I’m revisiting the concept since I’m on the verge of changing my own role in the NHS by moving on to take up a new post at strategic health authority level.
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CommentDeveloping an integrated falls prevention service
Falls-related injuries are the leading cause of death due to accident in older people. Sue Poulton explains how to develop an integrated falls prevention and bone health service to reduce the risk of falls