title: Good management. Wanna be in my gang?
abstract: PCTs are being urged to work together to increase their capacity to negotiate effectively with acute trusts. In Manchester a collaboration of 14 PCTs has enjoyed considerable success, with member trusts sharing a statement of strategic intent. The experience the Manchester PCTs suggests collaborations of this type are more effective when not driven by SHAs or central legislation.
authors.affiliation: Trafford North PCT.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blandamer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom