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Monitor welcomes the Payment by Results: how can payment systems help deliver better care? report published recently by the King's Fund. We recognise many of the areas for improvement identified in the report.
 
Monitor is engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to make sure the future pricing and payment system works effectively to help deliver affordable, quality care to patients. We will give this report careful consideration as we work with the NHS Commissioning Board to develop our long-term pricing strategy. 
 
Notes

• The 2012 Act gives Monitor responsibility for pricing, working with the NHS Commissioning Board. This will is expected to start from the 2014/15 tariff.
• More information on Monitor’s pricing role can be found here.
• More information on Monitor’s new role can be found here.