Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Schöpfer:: Baxter, Kate, Evans, David, Mays, Nicholas, Scott, Judith, Malbon, Gill, Goodwin, Nick, Killoran, Amanda, Abbott, Stephen, King's Fund, and Wyke, Sally
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: The overall aim of the third year of the national evaluation of TPPs, spanning October 1997 to September 1998, was to identify the ingredients of successful devolved purchasing based in primary care by in-depth study of twelve first wave TPPs. The analysis presented here considers eleven of the case studies ...

Schöpfer:: Robinson, Ray, Malbon, Gill, King's Fund, Bevan, Gwyn, Mays, Nicholas, Total Purchasing National Evaluation Team, Goodwin, Nick, Posnett, John, Raftery, James, McLeod, Hugh, Abbott, Stephen, Wyke, Sally, and Killoran, Amanda
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: Total purchasing was the first major 'internal market' policy initiative to be extensively evaluated by the Department of Health and Scottish Office. This report draws together the main evidence from the evaluation in order to inform the development of the new primary care organisations in the NHS, which came into ...

Schöpfer:: Wyke, Sally, Killoran, Amanda, Malbon, Gill, Mays, Nicholas, King's Fund, and Goodwin, Nick
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This working paper from the second year of TPPs makes the following key findings: larger TPPs are becoming high achievers; a group of TPPs (43 per cent) improved their performance over two years, about a quarter remained at the same level and about a third dropped out; a greater proportion ...

Schöpfer:: Malbon, Gill, Total Purchasing National Evaluation Team, King's Fund, Killoran, Amanda, Mays, Nicholas, and Wyke, Sally
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: The evaluation of the Total Purchasing Pilots (TPPs) provides important lessons for the development of the new primary care organisations envisaged in the English, Welsh and Scottish NHS white papers. Despite originating in a very different context, total purchasing was essentially about groups of practices working together to develop services ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund, Abbott, Stephen, Goodwin, Nick, Killoran, Amanda, Mays, Nicholas, Wyke, Sally, and Malbon, Gill
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This report aims to describe the ways in which the structure, role and impact of TPPs may be instructive to PCGs. Practical illustrations are used to demonstrate how particular changes in services were achieved in the context of local conditions, providing useful examples for PCGs. English PCGs are the main ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund, Page, Lesley, Macleod, Linda, Young, Gavin, Wyke, Sally, Piercy, James, Posnett, John, and Hewison, Jenny
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: Many of the potential pitfalls of increasing purchaser plurality in the NHS are relevant in planning and developing general practitioner led locality commissioning. However, this involvement in commissioning or purchasing maternity care may actually provide the 'bite' necessary to move reluctant provider trusts more quickly towards services which meet the ...

Schöpfer:: Myles, Susan, King's Fund, Girling, Jeff, Popay, Jennie, Scott, Judith, Wyke, Sally, and Campbell, Andrea
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: The evaluation of Total Purchasing Project (TPP) initiatives in the field of continuing and community care was designed to provide answers to three key questions: to what extent were the TPPs aware of the policy consensus that has emerged in relation to the planning and delivery of continuing and community ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund, Mahon, Ann, Mays, Nicholas, Wyke, Sally, Malbon, Gill, Leese, Brenda, and Goodwin, Nick
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This working paper is the first report from the national evaluation of total purchasing pilot projects to provide evidence on the achievements of all 53 'first wave' pilots in England and Scotland. It also looks at the range of factors associated with more and less successful total purchasing in 1996-97 ...

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