Stopping Leicester's telehealth project: blame the PCTs

Steve Hards

The Nursing Times has followed up its original story (Telecare Aware item: Leicester NHS’s bizarre telehealth decision) with the revelation that it’s the two primary care trusts (aka PCTs, through which the hospital and other health services in the area are commissioned) that pulled the plug on it. So much for World Class Commissioning! Read the NT follow-up item: Funding squeeze halts innovative nurse-led service