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Aug 2020
North Yorkshire councillors will still be able to scrutinise hospital services used by residents who travel to West Yorkshire for care.
Cllr Jim Clark, chair of North Yorkshire County Council, has agreed two seats at the West Yorkshire Joint Health Scrutiny panel which scrutinises health services in the region.
Health scrutiny panels look at the hospital services in a region and hold hospital bosses accountable for their performance.
Patients in North Yorkshire often require hospital care in Leeds, such as treatment for strokes.
It comes as health services in North Yorkshire have seen a shake up this year. In April, the county’s three clinical commissioning groups in the county merged to create the North Yorkshire CCG.
CCGs are responsible for planning and commissioning care in a local area.
The move comes as part of measures by NHS England bosses to reduce the number of CCGs across the country from 191 to 134.
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