01-04-2017 10:05 via theguardian.com

DevoManc anniversary gives little cause for celebration | Andrew Harrop

Giving local services control over NHS spending was meant to bring power to the people but residents in Greater Manchester are obliviousNHS devolution in Greater Manchester turns one on Saturday, but it is not a birthday many will mark. When the Fabian Society questioned Mancunians for a new report, Local and National, they knew almost nothing about the initiative. Health devolution, it would seem, is happening behind closed doors, decentralisation without democracy. That seems rather odd to tho
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