Bureaucrats return to lead doctors’ groups

Research by the Health Service Journal reveals that managers from the defunct primary care trusts are being rehired to lead the new clinical commissioning groups made up of GPs. Of 81 CCGs to have made appointments, 50 have chosen a manager. Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, wrote to health workers last week, urging them to use their…

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