Response to Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients

This paper is a formal response to the Department of Health's public consultation on commissioning for patients that sets out information on the intended arrangements for GP commissioning and the NHS Commissioning Board's role in supporting consortia and holding them to account.

Watch Chris Ham give a brief introduction to this response on commissioning

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