Pauline Allen is Professor of Health Services Organisation in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Kath Checkland is Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care in the Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Valerie Moran is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Health of the Luxembourg Institute of Health and a Researcher in the Living Conditions department of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.Stephen Peckham is Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) at the University of Kent and Professor of Health Policy at CHSS and the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also the Director of PRUComm.

“Commissioning has been a cornerstone of the NHS since the early 1990s but is now being challenged. This important book charts its history and impact. As the NHS embarks on further major change, its findings deserve to be heeded.“ David J Hunter, Newcastle University

• Introduction ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham, Marie Sanderson and Valerie MoranContext: commissioning in the English NHS ~ Imelda McDermott, Pauline Allen, Valerie Moran, Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland and Stephen PeckhamThe development and early operation of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) ~ Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Lynsey Warwick-Giles and Kath ChecklandClinical engagement in commissioning: past and present ~ Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Rosalind Miller, Stephen Peckham, Julia Segar, Stephen Harrison, Neil PerkinsCommissioning primary care services: concepts and practice ~ Imelda McDermott, Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Stephen Peckham, Donna Bramwell, Valerie Moran and Oz GoreCommissioning of healthcare through competitive and cooperative mechanisms under the HSCA 2012 ~ Dorota Osipovic, Pauline Allen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Christina Petsoulas, Anna Coleman, Neil Perkins, Lorraine Williams and Marie SandersonHealthcare contracts and the allocation of financial risk ~ Pauline Allen, Marie Sanderson, Christina Petsoulas and Ben RitchieThe changing public health system: an examination of the new commissioning infrastructure ~ Stephen Peckham, Anna Coleman, Erica Gadsby, Julia Segar, Neil Perkins and Donna BramwellConclusion ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham and Valerie Moran

Pauline Allen is Professor of Health Services Organisation in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Kath Checkland is Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care in the Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Valerie Moran is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Health of the Luxembourg Institute of Health and a Researcher in the Living Conditions department of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.Stephen Peckham is Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) at the University of Kent and Professor of Health Policy at CHSS and the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also the Director of PRUComm.

“Commissioning has been a cornerstone of the NHS since the early 1990s but is now being challenged. This important book charts its history and impact. As the NHS embarks on further major change, its findings deserve to be heeded.“ David J Hunter, Newcastle University

• Introduction ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham, Marie Sanderson and Valerie MoranContext: commissioning in the English NHS ~ Imelda McDermott, Pauline Allen, Valerie Moran, Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland and Stephen PeckhamThe development and early operation of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) ~ Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Lynsey Warwick-Giles and Kath ChecklandClinical engagement in commissioning: past and present ~ Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Rosalind Miller, Stephen Peckham, Julia Segar, Stephen Harrison, Neil PerkinsCommissioning primary care services: concepts and practice ~ Imelda McDermott, Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Stephen Peckham, Donna Bramwell, Valerie Moran and Oz GoreCommissioning of healthcare through competitive and cooperative mechanisms under the HSCA 2012 ~ Dorota Osipovic, Pauline Allen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Christina Petsoulas, Anna Coleman, Neil Perkins, Lorraine Williams and Marie SandersonHealthcare contracts and the allocation of financial risk ~ Pauline Allen, Marie Sanderson, Christina Petsoulas and Ben RitchieThe changing public health system: an examination of the new commissioning infrastructure ~ Stephen Peckham, Anna Coleman, Erica Gadsby, Julia Segar, Neil Perkins and Donna BramwellConclusion ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham and Valerie Moran

Pauline Allen is Professor of Health Services Organisation in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Kath Checkland is Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care in the Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester and co-deputy director of PRUComm.Valerie Moran is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Health of the Luxembourg Institute of Health and a Researcher in the Living Conditions department of the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.Stephen Peckham is Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) at the University of Kent and Professor of Health Policy at CHSS and the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also the Director of PRUComm.

“Commissioning has been a cornerstone of the NHS since the early 1990s but is now being challenged. This important book charts its history and impact. As the NHS embarks on further major change, its findings deserve to be heeded.“ David J Hunter, Newcastle University

• Introduction ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham, Marie Sanderson and Valerie MoranContext: commissioning in the English NHS ~ Imelda McDermott, Pauline Allen, Valerie Moran, Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland and Stephen PeckhamThe development and early operation of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) ~ Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Lynsey Warwick-Giles and Kath ChecklandClinical engagement in commissioning: past and present ~ Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott, Rosalind Miller, Stephen Peckham, Julia Segar, Stephen Harrison, Neil PerkinsCommissioning primary care services: concepts and practice ~ Imelda McDermott, Kath Checkland, Anna Coleman, Lynsey Warwick-Giles, Stephen Peckham, Donna Bramwell, Valerie Moran and Oz GoreCommissioning of healthcare through competitive and cooperative mechanisms under the HSCA 2012 ~ Dorota Osipovic, Pauline Allen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Christina Petsoulas, Anna Coleman, Neil Perkins, Lorraine Williams and Marie SandersonHealthcare contracts and the allocation of financial risk ~ Pauline Allen, Marie Sanderson, Christina Petsoulas and Ben RitchieThe changing public health system: an examination of the new commissioning infrastructure ~ Stephen Peckham, Anna Coleman, Erica Gadsby, Julia Segar, Neil Perkins and Donna BramwellConclusion ~ Pauline Allen, Kath Checkland, Stephen Peckham and Valerie Moran