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Making practice based commissioning a reality - technical guidance

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    23 February 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    4536
  • Pages:
    12
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

The Practice Based Commissioning guidance published in December promised further technical guidance to help PCTs and practices implement Practice Based Commissioning. This guidance provides a methodology which may be used for establishing practice level budgets.

It also provides further details on:

  • Risk management
  • Use of efficiency gains
  • Management costs
  • Values and principles underpinning Practice Based Commissioning

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