I'm not sure if there's a smiley for "sticking neck out" but no doubt someone will tell me if there is.
My guess, Elaine, is that the PCTs are under the SHAs who are under the DoH which is under the .... PM! Along the lines of the hip bone's connected to the ... and so on.
But as there is no declared 'external supervision' of PM and Government, then I guess there may well be no similar reviewing system for PCTs.
I have been told that PCTs are now all going to change their names, because nobody (meaning general public) understands what a Primary Care Trust means or does. So they are now going to become NHS Trusts.
But that doesn't answer your question, does it.
Answer is : no idea!!
But I wish that an external supervision system existed for assessment wards. I really do, but only based on my own experience, and I realise that those of us who have experience of them may have both good and bad experiences, depending on where those assessment wards may be.
Interesting question there.
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My guess, Elaine, is that the PCTs are under the SHAs who are under the DoH which is under the .... PM! Along the lines of the hip bone's connected to the ... and so on.
But as there is no declared 'external supervision' of PM and Government, then I guess there may well be no similar reviewing system for PCTs.
I have been told that PCTs are now all going to change their names, because nobody (meaning general public) understands what a Primary Care Trust means or does. So they are now going to become NHS Trusts.
But that doesn't answer your question, does it.
Answer is : no idea!!
But I wish that an external supervision system existed for assessment wards. I really do, but only based on my own experience, and I realise that those of us who have experience of them may have both good and bad experiences, depending on where those assessment wards may be.
Interesting question there.
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