title: PCT funding. Beggars belief.
abstract: At the pace of change set for implementing the new PCT funding formula over the next three years, it will take more than 20 years to achieve equity. If the minimum increases were set lower it would largely be achieved within five years. The current state of affairs perpetuates the north-south health divide.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Joint Health Unit.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hacking
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012935:Social Justice; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom