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KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE REPORTS FROM THE SHOW
DEVELOPING A PLACE-BASED COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE: INSIDER’S
PERSPECTIVE ON GREATER MANCHESTER DEVO
In a potentially momentous move for the
NHS and the future of regional
government in England, news of the
merger of health and social care for 2.7m
people in Greater Manchester was leaked
earlier this year.
Agenda for the developing a place-based collaborative leadership and workforce:
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ut details of the ground-breaking
announcements are still patchy, although it
has been made clear that this is a joint
initiative involving local authorities and the GPs
who head the local health commissioning groups.
A new strategic health and social care
partnership board will have representatives from
the councils, hospitals and other providers, clinical
commissioning groups and local NHS England
management.
It has been emphasised that the deal does not
amount to another reorganisation of the NHS. The
new structure in Manchester will have to work to
standards on care and patient rights and meet
statutory duties set out in the NHS Constitution.
Even so Simon Stevens described it as the greatest
integration and devolution of care since the
creation of the NHS in 1948.
The £6 billion annual budget which has been
much talked about includes a mix of money
already provided to t H