GP practices will be obliged to join forces to commission treatment directly under a reform blueprint published by Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary. They will be handed much of the multimillion-pound budget currently handled by primary care trusts (PCTs), which will be abolished along with strategic health authorities.
GP practices will be obliged to join forces to commission treatment directly under a reform blueprint published by Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary.
They will be handed much of the multimillion-pound budget currently handled by primary care trusts (PCTs), which will be abolished along with strategic health authorities.
They're gonna get rid of the managers just as they need cost savings and efficient processes. Un-managed services rarely achieve maximum effectiveness.
Much cost is wasted in the NHS by the front line workers who will not change services that are organised primarily for the convenience of the practitioners rather than effectiveness. Without external management to challenge this, I'm not sure where the cost saving will come from except through service cuts. keep to the Fen Causeway
