Primary care trusts (PCTs) are struggling to deliver the demanding modernisation agenda set for them by ministers. In consequence, two new policy themes - stronger market incentives and the decentralisation of budgetary power - have been introduced to strengthen the commissioning role of PCTs. This discussion paper looks at how ...
This report provides a companion to the publication published in 1994 entitled `The development of a nursing-led in-patient service' by the same authors. The introduction of nurse led beds on Byron Ward Nursing Development Unit, King's Healthcare is described. The earlier volume provides an overview of the work undertaken in ...