Commissioning

Under reforms outlined in the Health and Social Care Act, clinical commissioning groups have taken 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.

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 the allocation of health resources in England How to decide who gets what

11 Apr 2013

David Buck, Anna Dixon

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

7 Nov 2012

Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini

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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

The NHS in 2013: no place for the faint hearted

1 Apr 2013

Chris Ham

Clinical commissioning groups: a north-south divide?

25 Mar 2013

Chris Naylor

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Relevant audio/video

Slideshow

David Buck on improving the allocation of health resources

David Buck

Video

Stephen Dorrell: Time to Think Differently

Stephen Dorrell

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Relevant events

13 Nov 2013

The King's Fund Annual Conference 2013

Venue:

The King's Fund, London, UK

15 Nov 2012

Time to Think Differently launch

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Related projects

The evolution of clinical commissioning: learning from local experience

We are working with the Nuffield Trust to understand the development of CCGs and the challenges they face. We will be following the evolution of clinical commissioning in six case study sites.

Health and wellbeing boards: making them work

This project worked with two local authorities and their health partners to gain insight into how they are implementing health and wellbeing boards in the context of the NHS reforms.

Our work on this topic

Publication

Changing Relationships

1 Oct 2002

Rosemary Gillespie, Dominique Florin , Steve Gillam

Press release

The King's Fund warns primary care trusts against excluding the voices of local people

24 Mar 2002

Publication

Contested Decisions

1 Sep 2000

Chris Ham , Shirley McIver