Update on NHS Hillingdon April 2010

Written by Joan

Wednesday, 05 May 2010 13:00

Finance: For the third year in a row our PCT has end the year successfully, with a small surplus of £3,000 for 2009-2010. Following the recent wipe-out of its historic debt by other London PCTs, it is no longer designated a challenged PCT.

Care Quality Commission’s Annual Health Check: The PCT achieved “Fully met” on existing commitments and is on the threshold of “Good” for national priorities, which would achieve an overall rating of “Good” for quality of service – an improvement for both categories in comparison with last year. Targets that went from red to green were immunisation, chlamydia screening and dentistry

Hillingdon Community Health Integration with CNWL: The provider arm of Hillingdon PCT, called Hillingdon Community Health, has had a very successful year. It is now proposing integration with Central North West London Foundation Trust, which already provides mental health services in Hillingdon and many other London Boroughs. Separating commissioning and provision functions was forced upon all PCTs by Department of Health requirements and subsequent merger of some kind was unavoidable. Hillingdon Hospital Trust had indicated interest in taking that role, but CNWL has been the preferred option. NHS London has given its approval in principle and formal approval is expected when final negotiations are completed.

Air pollution: It was reported that during the volcanic ash flight restrictions the carbon emissions had been recorded locally as almost zero, which suggests that flights rather than road traffic were responsible for the usual poor air quality near Heathrow.

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