Sentences with phrase «strategic health authorities which»

But it will struggle to implement this, the NAO added, because the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities which are responsible for driving efficiency are set to be scrapped by 2013 - to be replaced by local consortia of GPs.

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In south west England pro-plain packaging billboards have appeared which are funded by the local Primary Care Trust, by way of the NHS Strategic Health Authority, the Department of Health and ultimately, you - the taxpayer.

There are two main levels of the NHS which ministers regularly describe as «local» and are concerned with commissioning services: Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs).

During the reorganisation, all 151 primary care trusts - which provided services such as hospitals, dentists and opticians - and the 10 regional strategic health authorities were abolished.