GP commissioning: implications for the third sector
Authors: Dickinson, Helen; Miller, Robin
Source: Voluntary Sector Review, Volume 2, Number 2, July 2011 , pp. 265-273(9)
Publisher: Policy Press
Abstract:
The reforms proposed in the 2010 UK National Health Service (NHS) White Paper hold the potential for major changes to the landscape of the NHS. Although the third sector is not mentioned very much in this document, the implications for the sector are significant. This paper sets out the recent history of NHS reform and the detail of the changes before outlining some of the potential implications of these changes for the third sector.Keywords: COMMISSIONING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; THIRD SECTOR
Document Type: Research article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080511X583913
Publication date: 2011-07-01
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