How would you like to shave £200m from your public health budgets before next April? Should the amount taken from authorities' reflect differing local achievements and progress, or just be a flat 6% reduction within this financial year? This is the consultation that the Department of Health is currently engaged in. The challenge is all the greater given local government also takes on responsibility for commissioning children's services for children aged 0-5 from NHS England this winter.
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