title: Commissioning. Competition. Keep it local.
abstract: Local commissioners will require improved analytical skills to identify the specific health needs of their populations. Commissioning must be a counterweight to acutes that will be pushing for more work under contestability.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003284:Contract Services; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom