Report calls for more GP and PCT teamwork

A report from Dr Foster Intelligence and the NHS Alliance has called for more teamwork between GPs and primary care trusts (PCTs). 

Titled the Intelligence Practice, the report forms part of the Intelligent Board series seeking to make practice-based commissioning a reality.

GPs who took part in the report's group see practice-based commissioning as the key to modernisation of the NHS.

Group member Dr Michael Dixon, GP and chairman of the NHS Alliance, said: "None of us within the health service can commission effectively without accurate and comprehensive data. Too often, that is lacking."

"In some areas, there is not even agreement as to what information is necessary. This report is an excellent practical aid to developing the information systems we need. It should be essential reading for all GP and PCT commissioners - and for senior managers too."

Key points from the report include the "essential need" for GPs and PCTs to work together as a team within the overall support and guidance of strategic health authorities (SHAs).

Source material:A press release from Dr Foster Intelligence and NHS Alliance

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