Citation
(2010), "King’s Fund supports GP commissioning in UK health service", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 59 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2010.07959hab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
King’s Fund supports GP commissioning in UK health service
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 59, Issue 8
Ensuring all providers match standards achieved by the best offers the greatest opportunity for boosting productivity in the NHS according to the King’s Fund, a UK health-related Think Tank. It also says that productivity may increase as a result of patient choice driving competition between providers.
The King’s Fund estimates that the NHS will need to save £14 billion a year by 2014 to plug the gap between NHS funding and service requirements. This will require “productivity improvements” of up to 4 per cent a year.
The report says that GP commissioning, as proposed in the recent White Paper “has the potential to make a positive contribution to improving quality and productivity”.