Dear Ahmad and colleagues
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>If co-ops are allowed to run NHS Direct then most of the questions I and
>others posed have little meaning.
I thought coops are running a kind of NHS-D already ;-)
>How many co-ops have been given funding to run pilots solo i.e. without
>health authority or trust control / employment of staff etc?
None.
Harmoni are the Lead partner in a consortium with 3 Health Authorities and a Community Trust. One problem is that CO-Ops do not currently have a recognised status (legal and accountable) in the NHS infrastructure in the way that for instance Trusts have. Therefore one reason for partnership is to have recognised NHS entities to route money through and assist in employing staff.
Ahmad
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