TY - JOUR
T1 - Views of NHS commissioners on commissioning support provision. Evidence from a qualitative study examining the early development of clinical commissioning groups in England.
AU - Petsoulas, Christina
AU - Allen, Pauline
AU - Checkland, Katherine
AU - Coleman, Anna
AU - Segar, Julia
AU - Peckham, Stephen
AU - Mcdermott, Imelda
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - The 2010 healthcare reform in England introduced primary care-led commissioning in the National Health Service (NHS) by establishing clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). A key factor for the success of the reform is the provision of excellent commissioning support services to CCGs. The Government's aim is to create a vibrant market of competing providers of such services (from both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors). Until this market develops, however, commissioning support units (CSUs) have been created from which CCGs are buying commissioning support functions. This study explored the attitudes of CCGs towards outsourcing commissioning support functions during the initial stage of the reform
AB - The 2010 healthcare reform in England introduced primary care-led commissioning in the National Health Service (NHS) by establishing clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). A key factor for the success of the reform is the provision of excellent commissioning support services to CCGs. The Government's aim is to create a vibrant market of competing providers of such services (from both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors). Until this market develops, however, commissioning support units (CSUs) have been created from which CCGs are buying commissioning support functions. This study explored the attitudes of CCGs towards outsourcing commissioning support functions during the initial stage of the reform
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005970
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005970
M3 - Article
VL - 4:e005970.
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
M1 - 4(10):e005970
ER -