The secrecy behind £65 billion NHS spending - the North East is worst
27 Aug 2015
NHS spending is less transparent and accountable in more deprived areas
They're at the heart of the NHS and get the majority of the NHS budget - more than £65 billion of taxpayer's money - to provide your care and treatment. But are Clinical Commissioning Groups delivering on the promise to be accountable to the public? Findings from research we carried out suggest a wide variation in the level of access the public has to spending information in different parts of England - and the north of England is the worst, with over half the least accessible being here