18 February 2011
In summer 2010 the government announced in the health white paper (Equity
and Excellence – Liberating the NHS) that commissioning would be devolved to
GP consortia, and that Monitor would become an economic regulator for the
healthcare sector. The Health and Social Care Bill 2011 has given us the draft
detail for both reforms.
This Q&A considers the application of the competition rules to GP
commissioning, in the light of the Health and Social Care Bill.
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