Boards should strive to do the right thing and explain any variance from the rules, rather than just slavishly comply The transition from Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) envisaged in the white paper, Equality and excellence: liberating the NHS is attracting a lot of press, much of this negative. But good things have been happening too. CCGs already demonstrate a very different risk appetite to the PCTs they will replace and we are seeing involvement of a wide range of stakeholders. We see a focus and obvious passion for commissioning integrated pathways...
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