In its plan for the next decade, NHS North West recommended that children's trusts should take over commissioning services for young people to ensure continuity and that health, social care and voluntary services are linked.
A group set up to devise the strategy, which is part of the wider reforms across the NHS led by health minister Lord Darzi, recognised there were variations in how GPs manage their patients.
In the plan, Healthier Horizons for the North West, the health authority's children's clinical pathway group said: "The group's view is that joint commissioning would generate significant synergy and benefits in terms of outcomes."
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