Planning for procurement: challenges facing CCGs.
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have inherited contracts and service-level agreements from their pre-existing primary care trusts. They are expected to effect improved services, outcomes and value for money, together with significant cash savings, through the process of procurement and re-procu...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Healthcare Management Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 482 - 488 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Oct2013
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