Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, the main representative body for PCTs in England, said he was unsure if taking a separate approach to children's services was useful at all.
"It does seem to disintegrate care at a time we should be integrating it. PCTs are responsible for all services and therefore have to make their own priorities as to where to put their money.
"Making a separate issue of children's services may help children's services but it could hamper the remit of PCTs to integrate services overall."
His comments came after professor Al Aynsley-Green, the national clinical director for children and chair of the children's taskforce, voiced his fears of a "serious lack of understanding" about children's services among PCT boards.
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