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Government Announces Health Consultations
22nd July 2010
The Government is asking for views from the public, health professionals, and anyone else with an interest in local health issues, on two public consultations launched today:
The Secretaries of State for Health and Communities and Local Government have today set out proposals on how patients, locally elected councillors, local authorities, public health experts and others will work side by side with GP consortia to make health services meet the needs of people in local areas and improve health outcomes.
Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, said:
"Power has to be devolved to local people so that decisions about their health are made by them, or by people that best understand their needs.
"Whitehall can't prescribe all of this, and the health service shouldn't wait for a rulebook from Government. Everyone should have their say in these consultations so we can get on with building strong local partnerships and improve people's health."
