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Renewing the National Health Service in Scotland
Section 9
Implementation

127. Subject to the availability of Parliamentary time for the necessary legislation, our Implementation Plan is as follows:

  • First Health Improvement Programmes completed
    •      		March 1998
  • Boards consult on preferred configurations of Trusts
    •      		March 1998
  • All GPs in Scotland linked electronically
    •      		March 1998
  • First Trust Implementation Plans published
    •      		April 1998
  • Human Resources Strategy for NHS in Scotland published
    •      		April 1998
  • Acute Services Review reports, including recommendations on quality assurance
    •      		May 1998
  • List of key performance indicators published
    •      		July 1998
  • Report of Review of Resource Allocation published
    •      		December 1998
  • Scottish Health Technology Assessment Centre established
    •      		December 1998
  • Fundholding ends
    •      		March 1999
  • First Primary Care Trusts established
    •      		April 1999
  • Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital Trusts completed
    •      		April 1999
  • Unified funding stream for drugs and HCHS implemented
    •      		April 1999