Practice Based Commissioning GP Practice Survey, UK

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice
Article Date: 08 Dec 2008 - 4:00 PST

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This is the fifth quarterly practice survey, covering a sample of practices from each primary care trust (PCT), conducted between September and November 2008. The aims of the survey are to get feedback from practices on their perception of the support offered by their PCT and on the clinical and financial engagement of practices with PBC. The survey is part of a group of indicators that will be assessed together to give a picture of PBC implementation.

Key findings

* 62% support PBC with a further 20% neutral. This is broadly inline with results from the previous two waves (62% support in Wave 3, and 64% in Wave 4).

* Over half of practices have commissioned new services as a direct result of PBC (56%).

* 47% of practices are providing more services commissioned through PBC.

* Two thirds of practices have agreed a commissioning plan (67%), of which 58% are confident that their plan will improve the quality of patient care.

* 62% have submitted business cases for service redesign.

* Nearly three quarters of practices have received an indicative budget (73%).

See link below for more detail and the full report:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_091372

Source:
Department of Health