Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), the committees making local health plans, will still need to be consulted in this process, and the consultation has been extended to 40 days.
"Consultation has been very poor," he said.
The consultation has been rushed; there's no evidence been produced.
Policy has been made blind and much of the consultation has been in name only.
"The new consultation has been put in place to buy time," said islander Sharon Wainwright, 48.
A public consultation has been launched and will run until late October.
The pensions consultation has been open-ended, to look at how the system is working.
The current consultation has been inundated with submissions by both bird-lovers and those who see them as pests.
The consultation has been led by the Home Office, although the Department of Health was closely involved.
A simple online version of the 12-week consultation has been prepared for parents by the Treasury.
I fear their consultation has been a charade, and the market leaders were always going to push this through.
