title: Contracting job.
abstract: Sixteen GP practices in Epsom Downs have formed an NHS limited company, bringing them together as one provider-contracting organisation. Practices and the PCT hope to use these new flexibilities together with practice-based commissioning to redesign local services. By pooling resources, the practices can treat more patients within primary care, keeping expenses low.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dix
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom