Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Commissioners need to understand that local providers can work together and complement each other, to the benefit of patients.
Many commentators promote competition within the NHS as a major lever in efforts to increase quality. However, the continued policy direction toward competition has also been met with resistance since its inception in the 1990s.
Most recently, this was illustrated by criticism of the government's draft regulations for commissioners on procurement of NHS services, patient choice and competition under section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The regulations empower financial regulator Monitor to ensure clinical commissioning groups act to protect patients' rights and prevent anti-competitive behaviour.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...mpetition-commissioning-local-health-services
Many commentators promote competition within the NHS as a major lever in efforts to increase quality. However, the continued policy direction toward competition has also been met with resistance since its inception in the 1990s.
Most recently, this was illustrated by criticism of the government's draft regulations for commissioners on procurement of NHS services, patient choice and competition under section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The regulations empower financial regulator Monitor to ensure clinical commissioning groups act to protect patients' rights and prevent anti-competitive behaviour.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...mpetition-commissioning-local-health-services