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Practice based commissioning: achieving universal coverage
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:26 January 2006
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:6053
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Pages:20
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Copyright holder:Crown
This guidance provides details for primary care trusts (PCTs) and practices to put in place arrangements for universal coverage by the end of 2006.
This guidance addresses the key questions practices and PCTs want answered for the next year.
- What does universal coverage mean?
- What information is needed to make practice based commissioning work well?
- How will budget setting and financial management work?
- What is the governance and accountability framework for practice based commissioning?
- What support will be available to practices and PCTs to ensure that patients benefit?
(This document replaced Practice based commissioning: Technical guidance (February 2005)
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