All Primary care articles – Page 146
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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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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News
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 ...
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HSJ Local
NHS Bradford and Airedale stepping up stress services
WORKFORCE: NHS Bradford and Airedale is extending stress and wellbeing services for staff in response to rising levels of stress-related absenses.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley PCT rated well for stroke care
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley PCT has the best stroke rehabilitation care in the Yorkshire and The Humber region, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsDementia patients 'need more home care'
About 50,000 people with dementia will be forced into care homes early because of a lack of support in their own homes, experts warn.
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HSJ Local
Infections, screening and activity concern at South Tyneside PCT
PERFORMANCE: NHS South Tyneside is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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HSJ Local
Infections, screening and activity concern at Gateshead PCT
PERFORMANCE: Gateshead Primary Care Trust is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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HSJ Local
Infections, screening and activity concern at Sunderland PCT
PERFORMANCE: Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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HSJ Local
Northumberland Care Trust records £6.8m overactivity
FINANCE: Northumberland Care Trust has recorded £6.849m acute overactivity so far in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
North Tyneside PCT records £3.5m overactivity
FINANCE: NHS North Tyneside is overperforming by £3.457m on acute activity so far in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle PCT records £4m overactivity
FINANCE: Newcastle PCT is recording overperformance of £4.048m with acute providers so far in 2010-11.
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CommentAn open letter from David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS
‘We will be showcasing what is brightest and best about the NHS and healthcare in the UK’
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News1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison
Union leaders have attacked plans to cut 1,600 posts at a Midlands trust, warning it could lead to a possible repeat of the hospital scandal that led to hundreds of avoidable deaths.
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NewsUK breast cancer rate blamed on obesity and alcohol
The UK ranks 11th out of 50 countries for rates of breast cancer, according to a new report.
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Comment
The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
The NHS Commissioning Board’s greatest influence on quality will be through how it splashes its cash