Primary Care – Page 310
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Fresh food roll-out
A new pilot scheme to give freshfood vouchers to low-income families has been judged a success and will be rolled out nationally in November.
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Yorkshire and Humber fills five of nine top PCT posts
Profiles of cohort of new PCT chief executives
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SNP to review free care policy
Scotland's main opposition party has pledged a review of the flagship free personal care policy if it wins power in next year's Scottish Parliament elections.
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Community foundation trusts - market forces or forced markets?
The government has backtracked from plans to force the commissioner/provider split, but for PCTs that do make the break, could community foundation trusts be the answer? Jennifer Trueland looks at the next stage of the foundation revolution.
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Only half of PCT top jobs go to old guard
As HSJ went to press, 26 of 47 posts running new PCTs across five SHAs have been filled by PCT chief executives.
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Staffordshire ambulance chief defends figures after response time probe
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust acting chief executive Geoff Catling has defended his organisation following a probe into allegations that 999 response times were being fiddled.
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Welsh Ambulance Service gets third chief executive in as many months
The Welsh Ambulance Services trust has appointed a turnaround expert as its permanent chief executive.
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Spent forces: who pulls the levers on local funding
The King's Fund report on variations in primary care trust spending demonstrates that the 'postcode lottery' stretches far beyond the availability of drugs. But are PCT priorities really at the heart of decision making? Tash Shifrin reports
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Union hits out at 'back-door' privatisation of ambulance service
A new NHS procurement agency has been accused of attempting a 'back-door privatisation' of East Midlands Ambulance Service trust.
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Netcare lead bidder for Manchester integrated clinical assessment and treatment services
The Department of Health has named Netcare and Partnership Health Group - in partnership with Alliance Medical - as preferred bidders for its controversial integrated clinical assessment and treatment services in Manchester, HSJhas learnt.
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David Woodhead on public health
'We were facing our just desert for all the desserts we had just crammed in out faces'
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Caught up in the network
The funding promised to 31 teaching primary care trusts will soon arrive and, with big plans in the pipeline, it comes at just the right time. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Dr Raj Persaud: mind games
'Confidence in the effectiveness of your own communication skills and general abilities can be enormously helpful in situations where you are dealing with difficult subjects.'
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Comment: PCT recruitment cannot afford to pay tribute to the old regime
'To what extent is the success of current primary care trust chief executives in winning the top jobs in the new organisations a verdict on the success of the whole sector?'
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Comment: managing demand without the command
'It is not disagreeing but dissembling that really annoys doctors.'
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Stockport PCT denies limiting choice to independent sector
Stockport primary care trust has denied claims that it is limiting patient choice for orthopaedic patients to the local private sector.
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Big variations in PCT disease spending
An analysis of primary care trust spending on different diseases has revealed a number of stark variations, with some PCTs spending up to seven times as much as others in key areas.
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SHA investigation into chief executive's contract
East of England strategic health authority is attempting to resolve investigations into the contractual arrangements of an interim primary care trust chief executive.
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Press man quits
The health board press officer hired on the basis of a controversial strategy document which criticised politicians and said GPs had egos the size of mountains has quit his post.
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Government launches childhood obesity plan
Education secretary Alan Johnson has announced a package of new measures to tackle childhood obesity in schools.