title: Transferring service provision from a Primary Care Trust to a charity:  what needs to be considered?
abstract: On 1 April 2011, specialist palliative care (SPC) services in NHS Berkshire West transferred to Sue Ryder, a third sector provider of health and social care in the UK. Prior to the transfer, Berkshire West Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioned services from its own provider arm and from Sue Ryder's Nettlebed Hospice in South Oxfordshire.
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Aldridge
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Appleton
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011320:Primary Health Care