Commissioning a 'neighbourhood health service': what can we learn from the literature?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK katherine.h.checkland@manchester.ac.uk.
² Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
⁴ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Kath Checkland et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 30;75(760):526-530.

doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0177. Print 2025 Nov 1.

¹ Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK katherine.h.checkland@manchester.ac.uk.
² Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
⁴ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no competing interests.

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