Primary care trusts will have wide powers

Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care?

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The Commissioning Function of Primary Care Groups and Trusts

discussed by looking at the development of commissioning (or purchasing) in the internal market. In the following section PCG/Ts main institutional features will be described and the progress they have made in commissioning will be discussed. An international comparison with American Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) will be developed before a brief concluding discussion of the central is...

Can primary care groups and trusts improve health?

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Do information systems meet the needs of primary care trusts?

To function effectively, primary care trusts (PCTs) need information from a range of sources. The general practice clinical record is a key source of information for PCTs but has often proved to be of variable quality. PCTs have developed rapidly and now have responsibility for 75% of the healthcare budget. They have a range of information needs that must be met if they are to ensure that healt...

A comparison of English primary care trusts Preliminary statistical analysis