primary care trusts
By April 2013 PCT
clusters will cease to exist. The bulk of commissioning duties will
be passed to Clinical Commissioning Groups and public health
matters will transfer to local authority control under the
management of local Health and Well-being boards. Until this time,
PCTs remain bound to
perform their statutory duties.
Having acted for the NHS for many years, our
healthcare lawyers have a deep understanding of the extraordinary
journey organisations and people working within the
NHS
have undergone. Our lawyers
understand the
NHS
,
its structures, its values and terminology. We can therefore
provide tailored legal advice in relation to the key challenges
faced by
PCT
s now, during
the transition period between organisations, and during the winding
up process prior to abolition, in addition to your day to day
functions and responsibilities.
- our experience - we regularly advise on structural
reform and other strategic issues affecting
PCT
s, including during 2011 advising
on
PCT
clustering
arrangements; transforming community services projects; real estate
issues; and establishment of new entities and mergers. We are also
members of the National Health Service Litigation Authority
(
NHSLA
) panel
and have been working with
PCT
s since their inception in
2001
- our team - dedicated team of healthcare specialists based in
Nottingham, Birmingham and London; specialist
PCT
legal advice - clinical and
organisational governance, commissioning and contracting,
procurement and competition issues, General Medical Services/Any
Qualified Provider schedules/Personal Medical Services contracts,
General Dental Services/Personal Dental Services contracts, Private
Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership projects, continuing
healthcare, property and estate management, data protection,
freedom of information, performers list issues, employment, health
& safety, risk management, prison services, children’s
services, inquests and health advisory law
- bespoke training - tailored training programmes to suit your
needs, regular seminars, workshops, bulletins and articles, keeping
you up to date with developments as they happen
- regular seminars, workshops, bulletins and articles, keeping
you up to date with developments as they happen
Result: expert legal
healthcare advice; support and assurance when dealing with the
challenges
PCT
s face