The doctor will manage you now
What progress has been made since clinical commissioning groups were introduced in April? Andy Cowper, Health Service Journal's comment editor, considers the evidence
April 2013 saw the full launch of the government’s English NHS reforms. The biggest change was a shift in responsibility for day-to-day control of the NHS. The commissioning functions of planning, purchasing and checking on delivery passed from the secretary of state and Department of Health to the independent national commissioning board NHS England, given an annual mandate for 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
Eight months in, what progress has this new system achieved?
CCGs are groups of all the local GP practices within an area, with a focus on leadership of changes in care. CCGs and NHS England must also confront the massive challenge of meeting growing demand on funding, which will not increase during this Parliament, though demographics are pushing up costs by around 3-4 per cent a year...
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