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MAJOR changes to our region's NHS will 'affect' the employment of 60-70 people, it has been revealed.
Currently, the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside is split into nine Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), which plan and buy healthcare services for their local areas.
Under this proposal, the more than 2.5m residents of the nine boroughs which make up Cheshire and Merseyside will have their healthcare services commissioned by just one authority.
If approved, the change could be in place by April 2022.
At a Wirral Council committee meeting this week, Simon Banks, chief officer of NHS Wirral CCG, said the move will affect between 60 and 70 people in terms of future employment.