Good management. Wanna be in my gang?
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.
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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