NHS Alliance group gives response to white paper

The NHS Alliance GP Commissioning Federation has published a response to the government’s white paper on NHS reforms, welcoming many parts of it.

The response focuses in the main on how to properly establish consortia and how those consortia can tackle issues around responsibility; accountability, governance and efficiency.

Julie Wood, director, GP Commissioning Federation, said: “GPCC is definitely the way forward. But we also recognise that, if we are to truly reap the benefits of clinically driven commissioning, we will need to make significant changes – not only to systems and processes that support GP Commissioning but also, fundamentally, to the behaviours and cultures that run through the NHS for both commissioners and providers.

“The GP Commissioning Federation is keen to work with others to ensure that we get the details right and that these changes are implemented as smoothly as possible.”