Treasury sends back Lansley plan to give GPs control of £80bn

25 June 2010

The white paper was due to be out next week but the timetable has slipped after Treasury officials said there was not enough provision for making GPs accountable to the public. Officials said the health secretary's plans would "hand over £80bn of public money to 35,000 GPs who are private businesses", according to Whitehall sources.