title: Purchasing power.
abstract: *Primary care trusts need to be better commissioners to balance provider strength and develop new services. *The private sector has commissioning skills lacking in the NHS that need to be tapped into. *FESC provides a list of companies for PCTs to use.
authors.forename: Hellen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017149:Private Sector; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom