MANAGING COMMISSIONING PCTS
The legacy of primary care trusts
There’s a long list of things a CCG should be learning from PCTs before they go. But how much should start from scratch under the new NHS agenda? POLLY ELLISON finds out when to take their advice, when to ignore it and what you need to know from them before they go
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he legacy left by primary care trusts, once they cease to exist on 31 March 2013, will depend on the relationship key individuals within the
PCT have had, over the years, with their GPs. Good relationships have seen positive outcomes which have lent themselves to a smooth transition from PCT to CCG. Where relationships have not been so good a more complex picture emerges. Some PCTs have been seen to
‘reinvent’ themselves into the new CCGs because they saw the opportunity to take control in unchartered waters, and safeguard their jobs, one of the things that the government is trying to avoid by implementing the current changes. One thing is certain and that is that every single CCG currently evolving, differs from its neighbours and has a different set of priorities depending on its local health needs. How different a CCG will be from the PCT it takes over from will very much depend on how good the PCT was,
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