The Department of Health and NHS England are struggling to allocate funding fairly to local commissioners of healthcare, according to the National Audit Office.

A total of £79 billion has been allocated to local commissioners in 2014-15, equivalent to £1,400 per person. Following the reforms to the health system in 2013, the three different sets of commissioners (clinical commissioning groups, NHS England area teams and local authorities) receive separate funding allocations to commission services for their local populations.

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