CCGs unhappy with commissioning support
Clinical commissioners are unhappy with the NHS’ commissioning support programme and say they are being given little choice of provider, a survey reveals.
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BMA tells MPs to ‘save PCT managers’
Primary care trust staff who will be needed to make GP commissioning consortia work are already leaving the NHS, MPs have been told.
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GPs and PCTs told to lead change
GPs and primary care trust managers need to start developing solutions for GP commissioning now, according to joint advice issued by two GP and PCT organisations. The National Association of Primary Care and the NHS Confederation’s PCT Network have published a paper setting out what they believe should be the first steps for GPs and […]
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Information barrier to PBC
Poor quality data and financial information remains a barrier to the successful implementation of practice-based commissioning, according to the National association of Primary Care. The NAPC, whose membership covers GP practices and PCTs, is calling for timely financial and clinical data to be made available to practices. It claims the future of practice-based commissioning is […]
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Information systems needed for commissioning
Primary care trusts and practices need to urgently discuss how they can develop information systems to support practice-based commissioning according to the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC). The association has issued a ten step guide to practice based commissioning which underlines the need for practices and PCTs to have timely data on a very […]
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