What does Assura provide for its 50% interest in a good GPCo?
Assura, as part of a national organisation, maintains relationships at all levels of the NHS to help develop services and build on the opportunities presented by PBC. It shares its experience and learning across its network of GPCos to support each of them in delivering high quality clinical services. The development of these new services has presented a major challenge for PCTs who have often struggled to implement PBC and develop the new services that the initiative hoped to inspire. By sharing our national expertise and learning, we are able to support each Assura GPCo to develop community based pathways and services and drive their implementation within the wider NHS. This approach also helps to exploit the economies of scale that a national organisation brings by reducing the costs of service design, bid management and service implementation benefiting each GPCo. Due to the fact that Assura operates nationally, all of its members are able to benefit from its bulk purchasing power
