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As CCGs finally take the reins of the NHS, Jaimie Kaffash looks at whether the Government?s reforms have really put decision-making in GPs? hands
1 April 2013 will mark the first day of a much vaunted new era for general practice. GPs in England take on statutory stewardship of more than ?60bn of NHS funding ? and with it, in patients? eyes at least, accountability for tough decisions on treatment rationing and hospital reconfigurations.
But how much power will GPs really wield in the new NHS?
A Pulse snapshot survey of 303 GPs, conducted on the eve of the handover, would suggest it?s a lot less than ministers have claimed.
CCGs are in place, but GPs are beginning to realise that their power has its limits. All practices are members of a CCG, but many say they have found the experience little different from their involvement in PCTs.
Even previously enthusiastic CCG leaders are losing faith with the ?command and control? approach taken by the NHS Commissioning Board, recently rebranded as NHS England.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20002453.article#.UVQY4xzASSo
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1 April 2013 will mark the first day of a much vaunted new era for general practice. GPs in England take on statutory stewardship of more than ?60bn of NHS funding ? and with it, in patients? eyes at least, accountability for tough decisions on treatment rationing and hospital reconfigurations.
But how much power will GPs really wield in the new NHS?
A Pulse snapshot survey of 303 GPs, conducted on the eve of the handover, would suggest it?s a lot less than ministers have claimed.
CCGs are in place, but GPs are beginning to realise that their power has its limits. All practices are members of a CCG, but many say they have found the experience little different from their involvement in PCTs.
Even previously enthusiastic CCG leaders are losing faith with the ?command and control? approach taken by the NHS Commissioning Board, recently rebranded as NHS England.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20002453.article#.UVQY4xzASSo
(free registration required)
