Government rejects centralist plans for local Healthwatch

By Kaye Wiggins2013-11-19T16:44:00

The government has rejected a plan by Robert Francis QC to force councils to hand centrally-allocated funding directly to local Healthwatch groups, arguing that councils should be free to decide the groups’ funding.

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