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Is GP commissioning 'vital for better NHS?'

An NHS Alliance report claims there is evidence that GP commissioning, a controversial part of the government's planned changes to the NHS, is already improving patient care in some places.

Dr Michael Dixon, chairs of the NHS Alliance, and Dr John Lister, director of the London Health Emergency campaign group, which says it is committed to defending the NHS, go head to head over the findings.


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