Union leaders and politicans have said they want to avoid a situation where hospitals are played off against each other.
But the statistics and finances of each will make a huge difference whatever changes are brought forward.
The Surrey Comet has been handed by Kingston and Surbiton MP Edward Davey, a copy of a lengthy document comparing all sorts of statistics for the five PCT areas around south-west London.
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