Primary Care Trusts. Organisations providing community and primary health care services as well as commissioning acute services for their local population based on local health care needs.
this is an organisation of family doctors, community nurses and other healthcare professionals who are your initial contact with the NHS. They arrange services for patients within the local community and may refer you to the local hospital.
Primary Care Trust. These are local health bodies that are responsible for providing primary and community health services.
Primary Care Trust Evolved from PCGs, PCTs are free-standing statutory bodies that provide primary and community services and commission secondary (hospital) care on behalf of their local population. Northumberland Care Trust is the PCT for Northumberland.
Primary Care Trust (Lothian Primary Care Trust, unless otherwise specified)
Primary Care Trust. This is the organisation that looks after primary care (see definition). PCTs are commissioners (see definition)
Primary Care Trust; 1 of the 2 types of NHS trusts; in charge of funding for hospitals and social care within a certain geographical area
primary care trusts – bodies responsible for the planning and securing of health services and improving the health of the local population in England.
Primary Care Trust. Bodies created to take over control of primary health services from local health authorities. The trusts are made up of GP s and other healthcare professionals. For more on National Health Service structures go to http:// www.nhs.uk/thenhsexplained/how_the_nhs_works.asp For definitions of other NHS terms go to http:// www.nhs.uk/thenhsexplained/glossary.asp