title: Primary care trusts. Nurture not nature.
abstract: Primary care groups had few precedents in the NHS, but their introduction was met with little political hostility. It is difficult to discern PCG/Ts' achievements. The record on commissioning and health improvement is poor. They have not exploited their potential to change the whole NHS.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free and University College Medical School, London.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom