Posts Tagged world class commissioning
Commission impossible?
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 28/07/2008
‘It’s simply not possible to transform health care to meet the needs of the 21st century without strong initiatives that focus on the demand side; no matter how good the regulator is’, opened Mark Britnell at the latest in Civitas’ series of debates on NHS reform.
The NHS’s history, he put it, has been one of provision; never before has the NHS really done commissioning. Previous attempts have merely redefined supply and re-written contracts, with minimal impact on health.
