DOES SIZE MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS?
S Crowe Primary Care Report, vol.3, May 2001, p.18-22. Primary Care Groups are evolving into large, complex, primary care trusts which will assume many of the functions at present carried out by Health Authorities. Discusses whether or not this trend towards larger primary care organisations will produce economies of scale. Article goes on to investigate the implications of devolved budgets and whether or not large primary care organisations will lose their sensitivity to local needs.
