This timely book is the most comprehensive account yet of recent commissioning practice in the English NHS and its impact on health services and the healthcare system.Drawing on eight years of research, expert researchers in the field analyse crucial aspects of commissioning, including competition and cooperation, the development of Clinical Commissioning Groups and contractual mechanisms. They also consider the influence of recent commissioning reforms on public health infrastruct...

Enjoy the satisfying flavors of slow-cooked comfort food with this easy-to-use volume brimming with delicious, traditional recipes.Remember those tantalizing smells coming from Grandma's kitchen as she made her treasured, slow-cooked meals? Braises and Stews brings modern convenience and style to good old-fashioned comfort food.Organized by main ingredient, this handy cookbook dishes up the secrets for making such savory one-pot meals as Classic Pot Roast or ...

On the hills near Bethlehem, young Ben loves helping his dad care for their sheep. As the sun sets and the stars begin to shine, Ben listens closely while his father tells stories of brave shepherds from long ago-especially a boy named David, the shepherd who trusted God and became Israel's great shepherd-king.Ben wonders if God still keeps His promises like that.Then one extraordinary night, everything changes.The dark sky suddenly fills with light. Angels appear w...

On the hills near Bethlehem, young Ben loves helping his dad care for their sheep. As they watch the stars, his dad tells stories of brave shepherds from long ago - especially a boy named David who became Israel's great shepherd-king. One night the sky lights up with news of a new Sheperd King, born that night just around the corner!Told in gentle, rhyming verse, When Ben met the Sheperd King beautifully connects David's story to the night Jesus was born - the promised She...

Bloomsbury presents GHOSTS: The Button House Archives by Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond, read by Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ben Ashenden, Isaac Gittins, Kristin Atherton, Will Seaward, Rupert Farley, Chris Rowe, Nezar Alderazi and Richard Hughes.The enhanced audiobook companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS...

Ben loves helping his dad care for their sheep near Bethlehem. As they watch the flock, his father shares stories about another Bethlehem shepherd — a boy named David who became Israel’s king hundreds of years earlier.Told in gentle, rhyming verse, this warm Christmas story links David’s life with the night Jesus was born — the true Shepherd-King come to care for his people.A lyrical retelling to treasure, reminding families of God’s love, his promises, and the joy of the S...