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Segar J. Under-representation of women on governing bodies: women general practitioners on Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2015;20(4):257-60doi: 10.1177/1355819614567912.
Segar, J. (2015). Under-representation of women on governing bodies: women general practitioners on Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. Journal of health services research & policy, 20(4), 257-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819614567912
Segar, Julia. "Under-representation of women on governing bodies: women general practitioners on Clinical Commissioning Groups in England." Journal of health services research & policy vol. 20,4 (2015): 257-60. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819614567912
Segar J. Under-representation of women on governing bodies: women general practitioners on Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2015 Oct;20(4):257-60. doi: 10.1177/1355819614567912. Epub 2015 Jan 13. PMID: 25589088.
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J Health Serv Res Policy. 2015 Oct;20(4):257-60. doi: 10.1177/1355819614567912. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Under-representation of women on governing bodies: women general practitioners on Clinical Commissioning Groups in England.

Journal of health services research & policy

Julia Segar

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  1. Research Fellow, Centre for Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK [email protected].

PMID: 25589088 DOI: 10.1177/1355819614567912

Abstract

Recently formed Clinical Commissioning Groups in the English National Health Service have important responsibility for commissioning local health and care services. Women are under-represented on the governing bodies of these significant primary care based organizations despite the fact that they constitute almost half of the general practitioner workforce in England. This essay examines some of the reasons for this under-representation including the predominance of women in the salaried and part-time sector of general practice and gendered management styles within the National Health Service. It is argued that the under-representation of women on Clinical Commissioning Group governing bodies matters in terms of social justice, representation of the broader community and role models.

© The Author(s) 2015.

Keywords: Clinical Commissioning Groups; general practitioners; women

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