Comments for Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Comment on Merger of Ealing PCT’s provider services arm, Harrow PCT’s provider services arm and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust by Maeve Quinn

Maeve Quinn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:03:20 +0000

Please notify me of follow-up comments via email.

Comment on Minister sets out his case and draws dividing lines with Tories by Darzi centres face rewrite of contracts « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:38:12 +0000

[...] Read the interview [...]

Comment on Darzi centre funding dwarfs GMS cash by Darzi centre investigation praised as Pulse reporter scoops top award « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:18:07 +0000

[...] judges praised his impressive investigative work, including the funding investigation in July which showed that funding per patient at GP-led health centres is almost three times as [...]

Comment on Darzi centres set to miss patient registration targets by Darzi centres predicted to struggle in NHS budget squeeze « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:50 +0000

[...] comments come weeks after Pulse revealed GP-led health centres across England were failing to meet their targets for registering patients and were looking increasingly like a network of expensive ‘white [...]

Comment on Map of Darzi centre patient registration by Darzi centres predicted to struggle in NHS budget squeeze « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:24:42 +0000

Comment on Aetna UK by PBC savings frozen in bid to plug PCT overspend « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:35:12 +0000

[...] agreement with a consultancy firm that will cost the trust millions. The PCT will pay US company Aetna £3.5m over two years to improve PBC performance and help ‘introduce best practices’ from the [...]

Comment on NHS privatisation worries older more than younger people by Think tank calls for £20 fee for GP appointments « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:04:55 +0000

[...] Social Market Foundation also backs local contracts for GPs and consultants with a move away from national [...]

Comment on GPs to negotiate patients’ personal budgets by Exclusive: PCTs can employ firms to manage patient budgets « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:01 +0000

[...] minister Mike O’Brien recently told MPs that PCTs could commission third parties, such as social enterprises, to support patients in [...]

Comment on 1,000 visits to new polyclinic in first month by Late-opening polyclinic attracts nearly 3,000 visits in a month « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:44:21 +0000

[...] month GP newspaper reported that the latest polyclinic to open in London has attracted 1,000 visits in its first [...]

Comment on NHS Alliance rallying cry for social enterprise by DH to set up social enterprise support framework « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:30:58 +0000

[...] The Department of Health has launched a procurement drive to set up a framework of organisations to help primary care trust provider arms become social enterprises. [...]

Comment on Integrated care heightens provider monopolies risk by Integrated care pilot to be investigated « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:59:38 +0000

[...] Integrated care heightens provider monopolies risk Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Integrated careChoice and competition in primary care: Much ado about nothing?Integrated care organisations and their vital PBC role15 Minutes… [...]

Comment on Can integrated care usher in a new age of risk taking? by Integrated care pilot to be investigated « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:59:34 +0000

[...] Can integrated care usher in a new age of risk taking? [...]

Comment on Health B4 Profit Campaign by NHS provision ’still preferred option’, says health minister « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:30:21 +0000

[...] this week Unite/CPHVA launched a campaign calling for the end of the privatisation of the NHS. Health B4 Profit appears to chime with the BMA’s anti-marketisation drive launched earlier this [...]

Comment on Competition panel looks at NHS provider shift by Unite campaigns against community service reforms « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:21:09 +0000

[...] Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs. [...]

Comment on BMA launches NHS anti-marketisation campaign by Unite to campaign against latest privatisation plan for the NHS « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:31:16 +0000

[...] B4 Profit appears to chime with the BMA’s anti-marketisation drive launched earlier this [...]

Comment on Health B4 Profit Campaign by Unite to campaign against latest privatisation plan for the NHS « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:31:14 +0000

[...] Health B4 Profit appears to chime with the BMA’s anti-marketisation drive launched earlier this month. [...]

Comment on Shaping PCT provider services: The future for community health by The provider-commissioner split: Getting it right « Alternative Providers of Primary Care

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:22:24 +0000

[...] A new King’s Fund report warns the chance to improve services could be missed if PCTs do not prepare for shedding their provider role. Ingrid Torjesen explains [...]