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Additional funding to enhance frontline services

16 December 2010
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Additional funding to enhance frontline servicesThe government has unveiled plans to provide primary care trusts (PCTs) with an additional £2.6 billion overall to enhance frontline services.

An announcement has been made by the Department of Health detailing the decision, with the cash being made available during the next three years as part of NHS reforms.

Individuals involved in continuous improvement programmes in the health service may be interested to learn the funding marks the equivalent of a three per cent jump in NHS funding for commissioning patient services.

A new document - Liberating the NHS: Legislative Framework and Next Steps - emphasises the commitment of ministers to reform and outlines a timetable for the implementation of the July white paper on this theme, reflecting 6,000 responses received to a consultation.

The new year is expected to see a new bill proposed, with a new NHS Operating Framework unveiled for 2011-12 as part of the latest packages of measures.

Meanwhile, care services minister Paul Burstow has told a conference that individuals with learning difficulties have witnessed improvements in areas such as housing, health and employment in recent months.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800295241-ADNFCR
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