National Association of Primary Care
NAPC – “the independent voice of primary care”
Welcome
What is different about the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC)?
NAPC is the only membership organisation whose main focus of support is General Practice and all its staff whilst also supporting Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in developing their relationships with practices.
NAPC has a wealth of expertise among its Executive, Council and membership encompassing all aspects of general practice including Practice Based Commissioning,
NAPC promotes high quality best practice and actively supports its membership in resolving their local problems.
NAPC promotes the importance of building PBC from the list based practice unit upwards allowing practices to determine their own local configurations for PBC whilst encouraging collaborative working between practices and with PCTs to mutual advantage in providing and commissioning care for their local populations. |
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NAPC News 8 February 2010
Hospital Charities Can Keep Their Donations
A change in the accounting rules that would have forced hospitals to put all charitable donations in a general NHS budget has been dropped by the government amid concerns that it may make it easier to slash health budgets.
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NAPC Press Release
Transforming Community Services
Date: 4 February 2010
NAPC very much welcomes resolution in the ongoing deliberations about the future of community services being brought about in the above guidance and in particular the detailed criteria for proposals on organisational form contained within the document. However it is concerned that the 31st March 2010 timeline for "in principle agreement" will not allow sufficient time for many PCTs to develop the service design necessary to allow proper consideration of these criteria. This is likely to result in a default wholesale shift of community services to acute trusts, which NAPC regards as a retrograde step. Such an arrangement could prove costly to the NHS as it could militate against transformational change and quality improvement in patient care.
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