Health Service Journal
Ben Gowland
Ben Gowland is chief executive of Nene Commissioning Community Interest Company.
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'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
2-Feb-2012
Although many CCGs are now up and running, they face a number of challenges that show no sign of abating. Ben Gowland discusses a key priority for his commissioning group. -
'We need to build the proper foundations for clinically led commissioning'
12-Sep-2011
Clinicians will only be able to bring real added value to the commissioning process if CCGs have the appropriate infrastructure to both support clinical leadership and provide the expertise to harness its potential, argues Ben Gowland. -
Ben Gowland: changing the minds of managers in a clinically led NHS
9-May-2011
In all the talk of radical health service reforms, one of the factors which has almost been forgotten is the revolutionary shift in mindset required of the NHS manager in primary care. -
'Putting PCT staff into commissioning organisations could prove to be insanity'
12-Apr-2011
Someone once said that the distance between insanity and genius is measured by success. So only time will tell which of these terms best describes the idea of turning primary care trusts into commissioning support units, writes Ben Gowland. -
Commissioning consortia must avoid top-down organisation
4-Feb-2011
The organisational make-up of commissioning consortia needs to break from the existing PCT structure. Ben Gowland, chief executive of Nene Commissioning Community Interest Company, explains why.
