PRUComm 13 October 2015
- An exploration of the potential added value that clinicians, specifically GPs, bring to the commissioning process through interviews and observations of commissioners at work.
- Four programme theories were identified that were most frequently claimed by both GPs and managers around frontline knowledge about patient experience and services, clinician to clinician conversations and GP-manager symbiosis.
- While GPs can and do ‘add value’ to the commissioning process, there was evidence of duplication of effort, wasted opportunities and failure to make best use of GPs time and talents.
- The report includes actionable messages for GPs, CCGs and policy makers,
