Volume 15, Number 3, May-June 2008

Practice-based commissioning: should cardiologists fear it?
Stewart Findlay

Practice-based commissioning (PBC) achieved universal coverage by the end of 2006 according to the Department of Health (DoH). So here we are well in to 2008 and I doubt if many cardiologists have seen any impact from PBC, and the latest DoH survey on PBC would suggest that the majority of general practitioners (GPs) feel that the scheme has yet to get off the ground. Having said that, 36% of practices say they have commissioned at least one new service through PBC.

Br J Cardiol 2008;15:121-2.

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