title: Policy update: practice based commissioning in community nursing.
abstract: This article looks at the importance of practice-based commissioning (PBC) as an activity to determine what care and services are provided to patients and communities. It gives examples of where community nurses are, and could be, involved in the process of PBC, and calls for the provision of information and support to enable nurses to join other practice based commissioners in the developing PBC groups. It acts as a policy update for community nurses.
authors.affiliation: Queen's Nurses Institute, London. rosemary.cook@qni.org.uk
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom