title: Primary care groups. Lending a hand.
abstract: High-quality, dedicated management support was crucial to the GP commissioning pilots. A fifth of the pilots reported difficult relationships with their health authority. There are concerns about bringing prescribing 'outliers' into line. Involving the public will be a considerable challenge for PCGs.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Regen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006126:Group Processes; D006302:Health Services Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom