title: PCT commissioning. About the size of it.
abstract: Primary care trust commissioning is not advanced and there is little evidence of PCTs influencing hospital services. Any further NHS reorganisation would hamper the development of commissioning. PCTs need to engage more GPs in the task of commissioning services. PCTs' ability to move work round on a cost per case basis should strengthen their hand in commissioning from hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D003284:Contract Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom