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Department of Health response to the CCP’s report on patient choice

The Department of Health has now published the response to the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s (CCP’s) recommendations to ensure patient…

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 14 November 2011

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The Department of Health has now published the response to the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s (CCP’s) recommendations to ensure patient choice is protected.

The Co-operation and Competition Panel published their report in July where they looked at the implementation of patient choice in the NHS and in particular any instances where primary care trusts were not acting in the best interests of patients or the taxpayer.

See press release

Published 14 November 2011