Towards managed primary care
Subtitle: the role and experience of primary care organizations
By: by Judith Smith and Nick Goodwin.
Contributors: Goodwin, Nick.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Primary health care -- Great Britain.; National health services -- Great Britain -- Administration.; Health services administration -- Great Britain.; Primary Health Care -- organization & administration -- Great Britain.; State Medicine -- organization & administration -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Developing primary care organizations: the international context; title: Developing primary care groups and trusts : the English context; title: Evaluating the development of primary care organizations; title: Exploring the organizational and governance arrangements of PCG/Ts; title: The role and engagement of GPs within primary care groups and trusts; title: The role and engagement of nurses within primary care groups and trusts; title: Managing the performance of PCG/Ts; title: Creating partnerships for improving health in PCG/Ts; title: Developing and improving primary care; title: Making a reality of the commissioning function in PCG/Ts; title: Sustaining effective clinical engagement in primary care trusts; title: Conclusions : evaluating the progress made by primary care organizations; title: Conclusions : primary care organizations in the future.