title: Primary care trusts. No can do.
abstract: Primary care trusts are already chronically short of staff and there is little evidence of workforce planning for the future. Some PCGs, managing sizeable budgets, have no finance staff at all. PCTs will face a shortage of GPs and difficulty retaining nurses. PCTs should make sure they are involved in their local workforce confederation in order to restructure the workforce.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management, Manchester University.
authors.forename: Tineke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bosma
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce