Commissioning high-quality care for people with long-term conditions
This briefing from Nuffield Trust highlights the findings of an in-depth study of commissioning, funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) programme.
It warns that CCGs will, in a climate of financial austerity, need to prioritise collaborative discussion and service planning, as well as leaving space for transactional work such as contract specification, service review and decommissioning. More …..