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Exclusive GPs who have taken over budgets from PCTs under the Government's NHS reforms are sliding millions into the red, according to financial assessments that lay bare the scale of the challenge facing clinical commissioning groups.
A Pulse investigation into CCG budgetary control across 55 PCTs raises questions over their capacity to constrain costs and deliver planned savings, with two-thirds of those reporting figures currently missing their financial targets.
GP commissioning leaders warned the deteriorating financial situation might force them to toughen up restrictions on referrals from practices, despite new figures showing GP referrals fell by 4% last quarter compared with a year ago.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...o-red?sp_rid=NjU3NzMyNzAyOQS2&sp_mid=37784638
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A Pulse investigation into CCG budgetary control across 55 PCTs raises questions over their capacity to constrain costs and deliver planned savings, with two-thirds of those reporting figures currently missing their financial targets.
GP commissioning leaders warned the deteriorating financial situation might force them to toughen up restrictions on referrals from practices, despite new figures showing GP referrals fell by 4% last quarter compared with a year ago.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...o-red?sp_rid=NjU3NzMyNzAyOQS2&sp_mid=37784638
(free registration required)