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GP commissioners have begun to arrest the decline in primary care investment by significantly boosting local enhanced service (LES) budgets during their first year of commissioning, a Pulse investigation has revealed.
Figures obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request have shown that CCGs in England have commissioned the equivalent of ?1.6m in additional funding via LESs in a development welcomed as evidence of more ?intelligent? commissioning from April.
The move goes some way to addressing the reduced investment in LESs by PCTs over the past few years, but experts warn that the increased investment came before the controversial competition rules governing the use of any qualified provider came into force.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20003482.article#.UdPiavm2aSo
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Figures obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request have shown that CCGs in England have commissioned the equivalent of ?1.6m in additional funding via LESs in a development welcomed as evidence of more ?intelligent? commissioning from April.
The move goes some way to addressing the reduced investment in LESs by PCTs over the past few years, but experts warn that the increased investment came before the controversial competition rules governing the use of any qualified provider came into force.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20003482.article#.UdPiavm2aSo
(free registration required)