TY - JOUR T1 - Book reviews JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 570 LP - 570 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X593929 VL - 61 IS - 590 AU - Christine Johnson AU - David Paynton Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/590/570.1.abstract N2 - EFFECTIVE GP COMMISSIONING—ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTITUDES SUNIL GUPTA Radcliffe Publishing 2011 PB, 152, £21.99, 978-1846195204 Sunil Gupta clearly understands the breadth of learning needs in order to progress effective clinical commissioning. The addition, at the back of the book of negotiating skill together with a summary of the Nolan Principles of public life, is helpful, as is the section on leading meetingsAlthough this book is published while the outcome of ‘the pause’ in the Health Bill is uncertain, the NHS will need to adopt a new … ER -