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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

Article
Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill - Second Reading in the House of Lords
11 Oct 2011
Publication
Issues facing commissioners of end-of-life care
29 Sep 2011
Rachael Addicott, Jenny Hiley
Multimedia: Video
Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays: Understanding New Labour market reforms of the English NHS
23 Sep 2011
Anna Dixon , Nicholas Mays
Article
Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS
22 Sep 2011
Chris Ham , Judith Smith
Article
Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions
22 Sep 2011
Richard Humphries , Lisa Bostock
Article
What are the lessons from the USA for clinical commissioning groups in the English NHS?
15 Sep 2011
Chris Ham , Paul Zollinger-Read
Article
Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill report and third reading
5 Sep 2011
Blog
Health and social care reforms: what next for the NHS billions?
18 Aug 2011
David Buck
Publication
Social enterprise in health care
4 Aug 2011
Rachael Addicott
Publication
Making shared decision-making a reality
28 Jul 2011
Angela Coulter , Alf Collins

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