Conservatives pour cold water on ICOs
16 Dec 08
Integrated care organisations are not necessary to create seamless care pathways, according to shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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ICO pilots move to next stage
16 Dec 08
A shortlist of potential ICO pilots will be ready by the end of the month.
Focus on
Focus on...cutting COPD admissions
17 Dec 08
COPD admissions cost the NHS 1 billion a year and, as anyone who has spent time on a respiratory ward in whatever capacity will know, are definitely worth avoiding. We look at 3 models from different parts of the country which have each come...
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...
Education - getting to grips with PBC
Five-minute guide to…designing a new service
17 Dec 08
The fourth of our eight-part guide on the basics of PBC, produced by Beverley Slater and Michelle Webster of the Improvement Foundation.
Opinion
Five things that will change PBC in 2009
17 Dec 08
What does next year hold for PBC? Sue McNulty, editor of Practical Commissioning, takes a look
PBC postcard - Dr Tony Brzezicki
17 Dec 08
Dr Tony Brzezicki is founding chair of C4 consortium and interim vice-chair of the Pan Croydon PBC group
SHA snapshot
Spotlight on..the North East
17 Dec 08
We look beyond the headline figures to look at the progress of practice-based commissioning in individual SHAs. This month Kaye McIntosh looks at NHS North East. Reinvigorating PBC is high on the agenda for the North-East region. It has the...
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.
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.
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....
PBC diaries
Letter from America
16 Dec 08
This month, our diarist files his column from Atlanta, Georgia, where he is discovering how the US healthcare system compares with the NHS
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
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
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
