This report has been written for the members and officers of Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust (formerly Dagenham Primary Care Group) and their partners in the local health economy. It presents the results of a study of Dagenham PCG's patient and public involvement (PPI) work between February 2000 and ...
This report presents the findings from a two-year research project comprising six case studies of how primary care groups and trusts (primary care organisations, PCOs) are carrying out their health improvement role. It analyses: the approach taken by the six sites to health improvement, and the development of relevant strategies ...
This guide is mainly aimed at PCG/T boards as they attempt to address the core government objectives of reducing inequalities and tackling racism. It should particularly benefit those with small ethnic populations, although those PCG/Ts with large ethnic populations, where there has been a history of attempting to meet local ...
This report presents the findings from the first phase of a two-year research project comprising six case studies of how primary care groups and trusts (PCG/Ts) are carrying out their health improvement role. Its purpose is to record the development of the health improvement role by the sites in their ...
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 ...
This working paper reflects on the experience of the South Thames (East) Primary Care Strategies Network which was facilitated by two King's Fund fellows, Diane Plamping and David Towell.