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Practice based commissioning: early wins and top tips

  • Document type:
    Best practice guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health, Primary Care Team
  • Published date:
    8 February 2006
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals,Directors,Doctors and consultants,Nurses/midwives/health visitors
  • Gateway reference:
    6120
  • Pages:
    28
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This clinically focused document provides examples of how practice based commissioning can be used to redesign patient pathways and improve services for patients.

These examples are intended to provide you with practical help and hopefully engage and stimulate you to set you on the road to practice based commissioning.

These tips are based on the practical experience of those involved in setting up practice based commissioning. No doubt there will be others as more practices and other professionals develop expertise. Nonetheless they are likely to be a useful 'first base' checklist.

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