title: Primary care. On the mend?
abstract: Alternative provider medical services contracts are encouraging primary care trusts to innovate in the way they invite tenders--but private companies have had mixed success in winning business. However, now the situation seems to be changing, with about half of all out-of-hours contracts run under APMS rules and a small number of prison and general practice 'wins'.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D039602:After-Hours Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003284:Contract Services; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector; D006113:United Kingdom