title: Purchasing with vision.
abstract: Although the new NHS has brought new tasks and opportunities to providers, the really new role, and the critical one, is that of purchasers. Bob Dearden outlines the six inter-related functions which purchasers need to get right.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Dearden
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D017008:Negotiating; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D011786:Quality Control; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom