More Good News
The final count is awaited, but the vote across all Lambeth Practices regarding the collaborative and BSU seems to have produced a hugely positive response.
Looks like we’re sticking around.
Add comment October 20, 2009
Good News
We have now successfully recruited to Executive Officer post. Sara White will be joining us in January 2010 from Guy’s & St Thomas’ where she has been working for 2 years in the Trust’s Strategy team.
Sara also has experience of primary care having previously worked for a large GP fundholding group in Surrey, moving on to a Primary Care Group (PCG) for 3 years when fundholding ceased. Since then she has also worked for King’s College Hospital in their primary care team and in an acute Trust in Surrey where she worked in Business Development.
Sara has significant experience and transferable skills in the development of business cases and in business planning. She also brings with her a good level of business acumen and understanding of NHS policy. One of her additional strengths is in the effective sourcing and application of data from different parts of the health system.
Add comment October 20, 2009
Feedback from Consultation on Polysystems
Add comment October 20, 2009
Assistant Medical Director
Shera is looking for a part time assistant medical director. Details posted on NHS Jobs, closing date 19 10 09.
Add comment October 1, 2009
BSU Recruitment
Advert is out again for executive officer, please see on NHS Jobs. Closing date 17th August.
Add comment August 13, 2009
Commissioning for Quality
A report to the board from Shera Chok, which is worth a read.
Add comment July 22, 2009
BSU recruitment
Sadly, we were unable to appoint an executive officer, after promising start, and are planning to re-advertise.
We have appointed (subject to usual bits) an excellent business support officer.
We were unable to find a suitable candidate for the data analyst post, and are thinking further about this.
We have Nick Barnes working with us at present, managing the LTC project.
Add comment July 16, 2009
PBC two years on
Moving forward and making a difference?
A new report from the King’s fund.
In summary:
In 2007, a straw poll of GPs and practice managers by The King’s Fund and NHS Alliance found that primary care trusts (PCTs) were struggling to put in place the basic building blocks of practice-based commissioning (PBC). Two years on, has PBC moved forward and is it making a difference to patient care? A new poll has found continuing commitment to PBC and optimism about its potential but progress is still hampered by a lack of local vision, a lack of clarity over roles and responsibilities and bureaucratic governance processes. Moving into an era of restricted financial resources, it will become increasingly important for PCTs and practices to work together. Real clinician engagement – underpinned by locally developed visions, structures, agreements and lines of accountability – is key to the development of effective partnership working.
Add comment July 2, 2009
