Commissioning a Community COPD Service: Lessons for the NHS Based on a case study in Somerset PCT

This case study is written for clinicians, service managers and commissioners to illustrate the complexities in commissioning and procuring a new service for people with long term conditions if existing services do not address patients’ needs. It is accompanied by a set of suggested “dos and don’ts” on the last page.

Published June, 2008, 13 pages

In search of quality in practice-based commissioning

This article describes people-based commissioning, to be distinguished from the more technical and short-term approach characterised as pocket book commissioning, and argues that people-based commissioning should be the preferred approach, which needs to address public health and mental health needs of the community.

Quality in Primary Care 2007; 15 (4) p. 235-239

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