Commissioning conferences: a consultative approach to purchasing.
In 1991 the South East London Health Authority developed a process called 'commissioning conferences' to help them purchase services. The first commissioning conference was used to produce a specification of service for people with diabetes mellitus. For this, 120 local people and 15 independent experts were consulted in a structured way.
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