Warning over divorce of commissioner and provider roles
26 Nov 08
PCTs are being warned to think very carefully before washing their hands of providing services for fear this could have negative implications for PBC.
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Credit crunch may offer PBC opportunities
26 Nov 08
The credit crunch may boost the PBC opportunities for social enterprises, a survey suggests.
Focus on
Focus on...integrated care
26 Nov 08
In this month's focus on, we take an in-depth look at integrated care, the hot topic of the year for PBC. We look at the challenges and opportunities for PBC, how work can be brought out of hospitals and consortia can work more closely with...
Focus on...care closer to home
29 Oct 08
A in-depth look at how commissioners are achieving the care closer to home agenda, including bringing in a private firm to run a pain clinic, running a GUM clinic in a GP surgery, a one-stop shop ENT service and a community epilepsy service.
How to
How to...shift coeliac follow-ups to primary care through PBC
26 Nov 08
Dr Tony Brzezicki explains how two PBC groups in Croydon successfully negotiated a LES as part of a new improved pathway for patients with coeliac disease
How to run low-cost high-impact AF screening at flu clinics
26 Nov 08
A simple but effective scheme to detect patients at risk of stroke is proving a success. Dr Shane Gordon explains how it works
Education - getting to grips with PBC
Five-minute guide to...deciding your PBC priorities
26 Nov 08
The third of our eight-part guide on the basics of PBC, produced by Beverley Slater and Michelle Webster of the Improvement Foundation
Reviewing current services
30 Oct 08
Get to grips with the basics of PBC with our eight-part guide, produced by Beverley Slater and Michelle Webster of the Improvement Foundation
PBC snapshot
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SHA snapshot - South Central
26 Nov 08
We delve behind the headline figures to look at how PBC is working on the ground in individual SHAs. This month, Miranda Griffin looks at South Central SHA.
SHA snapshot - North West England
29 Oct 08
This month's SHA snapshot takes a close look at PBC in the North West, where one area is sprinting ahead while some of the others are still working out which course to take.
Spotlight on...East of England
24 Sep 08
Each month we will be looking behind the headline figures at how PBC is working on the ground in individual SHAs. Here, Rob Finch looks at the East of England, where GPs have given some of the harshest feedback on commissioning in England....
Top tips
Dispelling 10 PBC myths
26 Nov 08
PBC is a difficult policy to understand, so it’s inevitable there will be differences in interpretation. Our mythbuster, compiled by Emma Wilkinson, should help clear up the murkier points
PBC diaries
Step into my shoes
26 Nov 08
Our protagonist gets to grips with the theory of advanced commissioning – life’s just simpler without it
Opinion
We're engaged - now what?
26 Nov 08
NAPC chair Dr Johnny Marshall on what needs to happen to put clinicians at the heart of commissioning
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All eyes on a long-term win
26 Nov 08
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PBC postcard - Dr Shikha Pitalia
26 Nov 08
Editor's blog
Just commission, will yer!
25 Nov 08
Susan McNulty finds a legendary reality show catchphrase pops into her mind while at the NAPC's annual conference.
All you need to know
Applying production-line methods to PBC
29 Oct 08
Using techniques normally employed in manufacturing in PBC may seem off the wall, but it can help eliminate waste and improve patient care, says Dr Paresh Dawda
