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28/7/2010 We recognise that the coming months will be particularly challenging for PCT leaders. We want to assure our members that we will be doing everything we can to support them and their organisation during this period.
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21/7/2010 Shine is the Health Foundation's flagship innovation programme to help healthcare practitioners try out their ideas to improve care in a way that can be measured and proven. Each year Shine sets a different challenge for the UK health service.
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12/7/2010 The Audit Commission has recently published its Payment by Results (PbR) Data Assurance Framework programme for 2010/11
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30/6/2010 The National Development Team for Inclusion is seeking PCTs and local authorities which would like to become local partners in setting up a public health observatory for people with learning disabilities.
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30/6/2010 Health secretary Andrew Lansley and NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson outlined their vision for the future of commissioning at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference last week.
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30/6/2010 A letter from PCT Network director David Stout on the future of commissioning has been published in the latest edition of Health Service Journal.
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29/6/2010 Macmillan Cancer Support is looking to partner with a small number of PCTs and providers to improve the system of care for people living with cancer.
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23/6/2010 The NHS Confederation’s PCT Network, alongside five other organisations, has published a new report on what needs to happen if GPs are to be given responsibility for leading commissioning in the NHS.
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22/6/2010 David Stout, PCT Network director recently wrote an article for the Guardian on GP commissioning.
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15/6/2010 The Department of Health is seeking people to participate in a new Primary Care Informatics Board led by the Primary Care branch and the Informatics Directorate.
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11/6/2010 Since the establishment of a new Government, the PCT Network has been working closely with the new team to ensure our members' views are heard.
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1/6/2010 The PCT Network has welcomed recognition of the improvements made in the system of care provided to prisoners in a report on prison healthcare by the Care Quality Commission and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons.
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27/5/2010 The Government’s coalition agreement and the Queen’s Speech have proposed significant changes to the way PCTs work
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24/5/2010 New Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley MP delivered a speech on reconfigurations at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust.
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20/5/2010 Coalition agreement published in full – significant changes to the NHS proposed
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19/5/2010 The PCT Network is showcasing examples of innovative work undertaken by its members which has led to improved services and increased efficiency.
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11/5/2010 We are delighted to announce the full results of the recent round of regional elections for the PCT Network board.
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13/4/2010 The Department of Health has recently issued directions requiring PCTs to review their procedures for including clinicians on medical performers lists.
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13/4/2010 The Government Equalities Office is consulting on a strategic action plan to support the sustainability of third sector organisations’ work in addressing violence against women and girls in England.
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8/4/2010 The Health Select Committee has today (8 April) published a report on its recent inquiry on the use of overseas doctors in providing out-of-hours services.
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6/4/2010 The Department of Health is to change aspects of its proposals for strengthening national commissioning following a consultation process in which the PCT Network represented PCTs’ views.
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1/4/2010 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is currently recruiting for its Topic Expert Groups to generate topics for next year’s quality standards assessment.
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1/4/2010 The Health Select Committee has published its report on its inquiry into commissioning in the NHS.
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24/3/2010 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is inviting suggestions for topic generation for the 2012/13 Quality and Outcomes Framework.
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24/3/2010 The Care Quality Commission last week announced the first 66 NHS organisations to be registered under the new system which comes into force from 1 April 2010.
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19/3/2010 The PCT Network has published a briefing on joint working
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9/3/2010 The National Mental Health Development Unit is hosting an interactive seminar on ‘meeting the Challenge – Driving Quality and Productivity through Mental Health Commissioning'.
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8/3/2010 The Cooperation and Competition Panel has decided to take no further action in relation to the conduct complaint involving NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney
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5/3/2010 ‘Closing the gap’ is a support platform which rewards programmes which improve the quality of care
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5/3/2010 Informing our members of the latest developments on the health issues that affect primary care trusts
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1/3/2010 The Care Quality Commission is consulting on proposals for assessing health and adult social care commissioners and providers in 2010/11 and beyond.
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24/2/2010 A new guidance document that provides support and information on how boards can improve and become more effective
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23/2/2010 The NHS Confederation’s PCT Network appointed a new chair following the recent resignation of Lise Llewellyn.
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23/2/2010 On 22 February, the Liberal Democrat Party launched ‘Protecting and improving the NHS’. This briefing provides an outline for the party’s health and social care policies for 2010.
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22/2/2010 The Co-operation and Competition Panel has produced a progress report on the work that it has done since it was established in January 2009.
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22/2/2010 PCT Network has recently responded to Department of Health consultations, reflecting the views of its members
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The Nuffield Trust has been given the opportunity to apply for an SDO Management Fellowship....
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