GPs who took on budgets under NHS reform are millions in the red

According to GP publication Pulse analysis of financial data reported across 55 primary care trusts, two-thirds of shadow clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) reporting figures are currently missing their financial targets. At present 29% of all PCTs are behind budget for 2011/12 and only 9% predict they will not meet their financial targets by April 2012. Of the 29 CCGs who provided figures, 66% reported to be behind budget, whilst 4 of the 20 CCGs who make end-of-year forecasts reported they would still be in deficit at the end of the financial year despite having introduced tough ...