The first groups of new GP-led organisations created by the coalition's NHS reforms have been authorised to start work and take control of NHS budgets from April.
The
new NHS Commissioning Board has given the green light to a "first wave"
of 34 of what will eventually be a total of 211 clinical commissioning
groups (CCGs), which will replace primary care trusts (PCTs) on 1 April.
From then CCGs will commission healthcare in England instead of the 152 PCTs, which are being abolished.
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