Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman. They will be commissioning different things. The PCTs will be commissioning certain services, such as district nursing and the provision of regional services. Practices will be commissioning much more locally based things and most referrals to hospital which, as the hon. Gentleman rightly says, will ultimately be decided by patients who work through choose and book.
Primary Care Trusts
Proceeding contribution from
Howard Stoate
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 June 2006.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Primary Care Trusts.
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