> From: "Andrew Herd" <[log in to unmask]>
> I disagree. The full quote from the White Paper makes it quite clear that
> the HIP is not a contract as we know it (-:
>
But we don't know what an HIP really is yet!
You can be sure it's not what we want:-(
> Long term agreements between PCGs and trusts will replace contracts, (para
> 9.14) and the awkward and much derided ECR system will be abolished. PCGs
> will have input into the HIP as it is a rolling three year plan, and they
> will also have input into the agreements, as they are rolling three year,
> er, agreements. Active PCGs should actually set the agreements from April
> 2000 on.
>
Draft HIPs have to be submitted to Regional Offices by the end of
Septmeber.
How much input has your PCG had?
Oh, have you got a PCG yet?
<big snip>
Fine words.
All to be implented by April 1999, with no 'guidance' yet:-(
Any bets that the three rolling programme will be a simple roll-over
of the crappy contracts we currently have:-(
All PCGs will have to do is meet the financial targets i.e. ration:-(
Dr David J Plews
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