The three organisations that were due to take over from NHS Wiltshire in organising and buying health services are to merge.
After months of working as three separate Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) GPs have decided it would be better to have one CCG serving the county.
Dr Steve Rowlands, NHS Wiltshire’s medical director and a GP in Trowbridge, said: "There was a reality check about the volume of work coming through to the CCGs and the population base wasn’t big enough."
Dr Helen Osborn, joint chairman of the West Wiltshire, Yatton Keynell and Devizes CCG and a GP in West Lavington, said: "It's not a good use of our resources to duplicate the work among three CCGs. Having one CCG will save a huge amount of time and adminstration.
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