A radical future for health authorities?
The ethos of the NHS reforms has forced mergers between district health authorities, and alliances with family health services authorities. Alan McNaught highlights some of the advantages created and the problems caused, and suggests some ways of dealing with 'merger mania'.
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International Hospitals Group Ltd.
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