The Liverpool City Region submitted proposals for greater local control of the NHS and social care in 2015 following developments in Manchester.
[8] In October 2021 John Ashton was shortlisted for the position of chair of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System.
[9] The three clinical commissioning groups covering Liverpool, South Sefton, and Southport and Formby, announced plans to merge in March 2017[10] and were abolished in 2022 when all CCGs in England were replaced with integrated care systems.
[11] The proposals, which will be subject to public consultation, include: Dr Fazlani, chair of the CCG said “If we reduced emergency admissions to hospitals by just 11% we would be able to afford an extra one and a half GPs in every practice in the city.
It offers gadgets – life enhancing technologies – designed to help people who use NHS or social services live more independently, monitor their health, make everyday life simpler, and help them stay in touch with their family or careers.
[18] It was given an additional £4.3 million in August 2020 to develop a private independent 5G network for health and social care services in selected areas of Liverpool.
Dharmana's family and general practice, in Walton was put in special measures by the Care Quality Commission in January 2015 after being rated "inadequate".