What do you think of the white paper reforms?
19 Aug 10
Practical Commissioning is conducting a short survey on how the white paper has impacted so far.
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Latest PBC news
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New to commissioning? Read our quick guide
31 Aug 10
Read our quick guide to get up to speed on how commissioning works
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Over 40% of GPs ready now to take on budgets
22 Aug 10
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White paper highlights the pioneers and the passive
22 Aug 10
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GP leaders warn against pressure to merge
22 Aug 10
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Commissioning development director added to NAPC conference line-up
22 Aug 10
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GPs to sit on local authorities as councils take on key commmissioning role
11 Aug 10
PBC diaries
My lunch with Lansley
14 Jul 10
Our diarist had lunch with the health secretary before the white paper came out last week
What size is our destiny?
19 Jun 10
Our diarist considers what the future holds and wonders whether PBC will stand the test of time in its current form
Blogs
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The next five years
14 Jul 10
After spending time with a number of health service strategists and politicians I would like to give you my thumbnail sketch of the health service of the next few years.
My highlighter has been busy
13 Jul 10
So it’s out. The White Paper has foretold a seismic shift of power to GPs by giving consortiums real budgets.
Opinion
The future’s carrot coloured
19 Jun 10
Dr Clive Henderson looks at what’s needed to get GPs engaged with PBC
PBC postcard: Dr Niti Pall
19 Jun 10
Chair of the stakeholder group for Smethwick and Oldbury PBC Alliance Group
Latest PBC case studies
Consortium view: Dr Robert White
22 Aug 10
Dr Robert White, reducing admissions lead with Carrick Commissioning Consortium in Cornwall, on the overlap between the clinical and the manageriakl, apathy in primary care and cutting through layers of red tape.
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How peer review reduced referrals and raised quality
24 Apr 10
Getting GPs to sit down and discuss their referrals has cut rates by 9% and improved referral quality. Nene Commissioning’s Dr Darin Seiger and Sally Picken explain
Latest policy updates
Five big questions about the white paper
22 Aug 10
Alisdair Stirling looks at key outstanding questions posed by the landmark white paper on the future of the NHS
Five minute interview: Professor Sir Mike Richards
22 Aug 10
In the second of our new series asking the health service ‘tsars’ for their thoughts on GP commissioning, we speak to Professor Sir Mike Richards, national clinical director for cancer
Focus on
Focus on... hard-to-reach groups
This month's Focus on... looks at how GP commissioning can engage with hard-to-reach groups
Focus on...commissioning under a coalition government
This months Focus On... looks at the shape of things to come for practice-based commissioners under a new coalition government.
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Focus on... becoming a provider
Michelle Webster and Beverley Slater of the Improvement Foundation set the context for those looking to provide their own services
Creating an NHS family of shareholders
A GP-owned private company is coming into its stride with provision and has just secured a £30m urgent care contract with two other providers. Vale Health’s commercial director John Butler explains
How to
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Create an acute GP unit to reduce emergency admissions
Cornish GP Dr Rob White explains how his PBC group set up a countywide acute GP unit that has drastically reduced non-elective hospital admissions
A cash budget to commission social care
Iain Stewart, chief Officer of Wallasey Health Alliance LLP explains how a hard cash budget for social care interventions has focused minds on commissioning.
