July 13, 2010

The benefits of GP commissioning in action

Fraser Nelson has a quietly witty piece on the Spectator Coffee House blog, but the core of it is a link to an FT piece by Nick Timmins, about GP commissioning already in place in Cumbria.

With technical support from the Primary Care Trust, they're making local treatment more efficient and more human, cutting costs and at the same time bringing treatments closer to home, with the patients' interests in mind. Well worth pondering as Lansley starts down this route.

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