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Commissioning

Under reforms outlined in the Health and Social Care Act, clinical commissioning groups will take over responsibility for commissioning the majority of NHS services in England.

Overview

Guides for commissioners

How to measure for improving outcomes

Introductory guide to good governance for clinical commissioning groups

Primary care federations toolkit – for GP practices looking to form federations

Our ten priorities for commissioners

We set out ten priorities for action to help commissioners transform the health care system.
We set out ten priorities for action to help commissioners transform the health care system.

Reading Room

Want to know more on commissioning?

For more resources on commissioning, including reading lists, database searches and useful web pages, visit our Reading Room.

Relevant publications

Improving GP services in England Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients

7 Nov 2012
Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini

Older people and emergency bed use Exploring variation

9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison, James Thompson
Emmi Poteliakhoff
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Leadership support

Find out more about our whole system leadership programme: designed to help support GPs working with key stakeholders

See our leadership programmes for clinicians

Find out about our tailored leadership programmes for organisations

Blogs on commissioning

A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts

8 Jan 2013
Anna Dixon

Clinical commissioning groups: what do we know so far?

18 Dec 2012
Chris Naylor
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Relevant audio/video

Video

Stephen Dorrell: Time to Think Differently

Stephen Dorrell
Video

Paul Burstow: Time to Think Differently

Paul Burstow
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Relevant events

Time to Think Differently launch

Progressing health care in London

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Useful links

Catch up with our analysis of the NHS reforms

See our consultation responses and briefings

Find out about our forthcoming events

Our work on this topic

Multimedia: Slideshow
Rachael Addicott on end-of-life commissioning
25 Jan 2011
Rachael Addicott
Multimedia: Audio
Tom Hughes-Hallett on end-of-life commissioning
25 Jan 2011
Tom Hughes-Hallett
Multimedia: Slideshow
Simon Chapman on end-of-life commissioning
25 Jan 2011
Simon Chapman
Multimedia: Audio
Clive Bowman on end-of-life commissioning
25 Jan 2011
Clive Bowman
Multimedia: Audio
John Healey on the Health and Social Care Bill
20 Jan 2011
John Healey
Event
End-of-life commissioning
20 Jan 2011
Multimedia: Audio
Anna Dixon on the Health and Social Care Bill
19 Jan 2011
Anna Dixon
Press release
The King's Fund comments on the Health Select Committee's report on commissioning
18 Jan 2011
Article
Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill - summary
18 Jan 2011
Blog
Ten questions to ask about the Health and Social Care Bill
12 Jan 2011
Chris Ham

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