Commissioning round-up

A resource pack from Liverpool PCT points the way to effective commissioning for outcomes in health and social care, surveying appropriate use of a variety of models in programme planning and delivery. Thinktank Reform has published papers from their recent conference An NHS for patients: making commissioning work. The NHS Alliance's Nurses in Commissioning network considers the case for involving nurses in commissioning. Also from the NHS Alliance, a paper looking at commissioning urgent care and the scope for integration.