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Reference:
2011/2711
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Question by:
Navin Shah
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Meeting date:
14 September 2011
Public Health Manchester have recently published findings that changes in the weighting awarded to health inequalities within the PCT allocation (from 15% to 10%), a ministerial judgement, are resulting in significant overall cuts to PCTs in deprived areas, such as Tower Hamlets' reduction at almost £19,000 and with the NHS London Strategic Health Authority itself losing £40,000. In contrast, Surrey PCT is receiving a £61,000 increase as a result of this reformulation. Is it difficult to have Mayoral responsibility for health inequality reduction in the capital when the national government are reducing this priority within NHS funding? What meetings did...