Context: commissioning in the English NHS

Imelda McDermott, Pauline Allen, Valerie Moran, Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham

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Abstract

This chapter provides a brief contextual summary, setting out the organisation and governance of commissioning in the NHS. It gives an overview of commissioning from the creation of the internal market in the late 1980s to its consolidation pre- and post-HSCA 2012, and highlights the important changes which were brought about by the HSCA 2012. The chapter highlights the programme theories underlying the internal market and the HSCA 2012, in particular the commitment to competition as a means of improving services and the expected benefits of greater clinical involvement in commissioning. The architecture of commissioning following the HSCA 2012 is...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommissioning Healthcare in England: Evidence, Policy and Practice
EditorsPauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Valerie Moran, Stephen Peckham
PublisherPolicy Press
Chapter2
Pages15-34
ISBN (Electronic)978-1447346128
ISBN (Print)978-1447346135
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2020
  • Commissioning Healthcare in England: Evidence, Policy and Practice

    Allen, P. (ed.), Checkland, K. (ed.), Moran, V. (ed.) & Peckham, S. (ed.), 25 Mar 2020, Policy Press. 224 p.

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  • Commissioning primary care services: concepts and practice

    McDermott, I., Checkland, K., Coleman, A., Warwick-Giles, L., Peckham, S., Bramwell, D., Moran, V. & Gore, O., 25 Mar 2020, Commissioning Healthcare in England: Evidence, Policy and Practice. Allen, P., Checkland, K., Moran, V. & Peckham, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Policy Press, p. 63-82 20 p.

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  • Conclusion

    Allen, P., Checkland, K., Peckham, S. & Moran, V., 25 Mar 2020, Commissioning Healthcare in England: Evidence, Policy and Practice. Allen, P., Checkland, K., Moran, V. & Peckham, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Policy Press, p. 143-152 10 p.

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  • Introduction

    Allen, P., Checkland, K., Peckham, S., Sanderson, M. & Moran, V., 25 Mar 2020, Commissioning Healthcare in England: Evidence, Policy and Practice. Allen, P., Checkland, K., Moran, V. & Peckham, S. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 1-14

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