If the former government's policy - Transforming Community Services - goes ahead without further thought, it could seriously hinder the implementation of the White Paper, says NHS Alliance. TCS, which was rushed in place with little consultation at the beginning of this year and could see community services being practically shifted to acute hospitals within the next two years, has no place in an NHS whose focus is on primary care leading the way to meet local needs through GP consortia...

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