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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
See more related blogs

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

Blog
Balancing liberation with accountability?
27 Sep 2012
Anna Dixon
Article
Consultation response: Draft mandate for the National Health Service Commissioning Board
27 Sep 2012
Page
Commissioning Reading Room
12 Sep 2012
Article
Setting objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board
6 Sep 2012
Chris Ham, Anna Dixon
Page
How to measure for improving outcomes: a guide for commissioners
27 Aug 2012
Blog
How do the Commissioning Outcomes Framework indicators measure up?
15 Aug 2012
Veena Raleigh
Publication
Older people and emergency bed use
9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison, James Thompson , Emmi Poteliakhoff
Blog
Use of emergency hospital beds: why is there so much variation?
9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison
Blog
Integrated care north and south of the border
24 Jul 2012
Chris Ham
Article
Commissioning top 10
23 Jul 2012
Chris Naylor

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