Health authorities. HAs beens?

Health authorities are likely to emerge as the poor relations in the current NHS reorganisation, just as they did following the 1990 reforms. Planning for health is a key NHS task and primary care groups will not be large enough to take it on. Radical thinking is needed. Future options include abolishing HAs and making local authorities, regional government or NHS regions responsible for planning. Another option would be creating fewer, bigger authorities for strategic planning.