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Ben talks to Ruth Robertson one of the authors of a new King’s Fund report on GP involvement in clinical commissioning and the roles of CCGs. The report is the culmination of four years’ research working with six CCGs. They discuss relationships between GPs and CCGs, avoiding conflicts of interest and the likely future for clinical commissioning.

Show Notes

Ruth explains the purpose of the report (42secs)

Are GPs really in charge of clinical commissioning? (1min 50secs)

The importance of GP engagement in commissioning (2mins 35secs)

Fragile relationships between GPs and CCGs (3mins 16secs)

Will more power be devolved to local areas? (4mins 22secs)

How easy is it to engage GPs in commissioning? (5secs 12secs)

A view of the future for commissioning – CCGs get bigger and more strategic (6mins 12secs)

Could this mean GP engagement gets harder? (7mins 15secs)

Has co-commissioning been a positive thing? (7mins 37secs)

The General Practice role – commissioning or influencing delivery? (9mins 12secs)

Where should GP leadership sit? (10mins 24secs)

Succession planning for GP leadership (12mins)

Models of encouraging GP leadership in commissioning (12mins 33secs)

Innovative work coming out of CCGs- e.g. avoiding conflicts of interest, engaging the GP community (13mins 34secs)

CCG role in developing GP provider models (14mins 52secs)

The line between supporting transformation and anti-competitive behaviour (15mins 42secs)

Are CCGs being nervous or over-zealous? (16mins 32secs)

The GP role in commissioning is vital (17mins 25secs)

Finding the King’s Fund Report – four years’ worth of research (17mins 57secs)

The report is available at http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/clinical-commissioning