TY - JOUR
T1 - Went Fundholding, Going Commissioning?
T2 - Some Evidence-Based Reflections on the Prospects for Primary Care Groups
AU - Cowton, Christopher J.
AU - Drake, Julie E.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Following the publication of the White Paper, 'The New NHS: Modern, Dependable' (Cm 3807), the Labour Government has abolished GP fundholding. Family doctors retain a lead role for primary care in planning health care with the creation of Primary Care Groups (PCGs). In due course, it is expected that health authorities will relinquish direct commissioning of care to PCGs. Although fundholding is ending, its operation provides useful evidence about how GPs approach participation in the planning of health care. This article reflects on the prospects for PCGs, drawing on original research into the reasons why practices volunteered to 'go fundholding' and how those practices selected their 'lead' partner, on whom much of the fundholding burden fell
AB - Following the publication of the White Paper, 'The New NHS: Modern, Dependable' (Cm 3807), the Labour Government has abolished GP fundholding. Family doctors retain a lead role for primary care in planning health care with the creation of Primary Care Groups (PCGs). In due course, it is expected that health authorities will relinquish direct commissioning of care to PCGs. Although fundholding is ending, its operation provides useful evidence about how GPs approach participation in the planning of health care. This article reflects on the prospects for PCGs, drawing on original research into the reasons why practices volunteered to 'go fundholding' and how those practices selected their 'lead' partner, on whom much of the fundholding burden fell
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9302.00163
DO - 10.1111/1467-9302.00163
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 33
EP - 37
JO - Public Money and Management
JF - Public Money and Management
SN - 0954-0962
IS - 2
ER -