Commissioning in a cold climate
Filed Under (Culture of the NHS, Health Policy, Primary Care Trusts, Speaking, World Class Commissioning) by Paul on 14-06-2009
Went to the Confederation conference in Liverpool where I chaired a session about Commissioning when there is less money to commission health with. Matthew Swindells from Tribal and Malcolm Scott Chief Exec of Westminster PCT spoke.
The whole conference took place against the backdrop of what will be a radical change in the resource available to the NHS. I will discuss some of the content but first its interesting to chart the different groups of responses to the issue of what to do about the money .
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