All Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) articles – Page 3
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NewsHunt heart unit statement expected imminently
Campaigners fighting to save a children’s heart unit are hoping health secretary Jeremy Hunt will reverse the decision today.
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NewsCarnall calls for service reconfigurations to be accelerated
The head of NHS London has warned the government risks “stifling the ambition” of clinical commissioning groups if it does not find a way to speed up service reconfigurations.
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NewsHunt launches review of children's heart surgery services
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked the Independent Reconfiguration Panel to carry out a full review of the decision to close some children’s heart surgery centres.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Cost revealed of PR battle over children's heart surgery
The public relations battle between the NHS and trusts that stood to lose services under the national reconfiguration of paediatric heart surgery cost nearly three-quarters of a million pounds, HSJ can reveal.
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Controversial vascular reorganisation referred to health secretary
Local authorities last night agreed to refer plans for a controversial reorganisation of vascular services across Cheshire and Merseyside to health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsPanel to review heart unit closure
An independent panel is set to review the planned closure of a children’s heart unit amid widespread anger among MPs at a shake-up of the services across England.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: reconfiguration planned for Merseyside vascular services
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at proposals to reconfigure vascular services in Cheshire, Warrington and the Wirral.
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NewsMonitor could advise commissioners on reconfiguration to combat financial difficulties
Monitor is considering changes to its regulatory strategy as it believes some foundation trusts may face financial problems so profound they cannot be fixed by the providers alone.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for stroke, vascular and trauma services in the South Central region has caused disagreement among trusts, some of whom could lose specialties under the proposals.
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HSJ Local
East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
WORKFORCE: A troubled east London trust is to get extra support from clinicians on the capital’s Fellowships in Clinical Leadership scheme, formerly known as the Darzi Fellowship.
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HSJ Local
Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
WORKFORCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of its fourth chair since January 2010.
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HSJ Local
Second London reconfiguration approved
COMMERCIAL: The health secretary has approved the closure of services at King George Hospital in Ilford.
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HSJ Local
Cameron and Lansley dragged into staffing dispute at Chipping Norton hospital
STRUCTURE: The prime minister and health secretary have been asked to intervene in a row over whether a hospital should continue to employ NHS staff.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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HSJ LocalChase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has rubber stamped plans to downgrade Chase Farm Hospital’s emergency department and take forward a possible merger with North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments could add 'political pressure' to reconfiguration decisions
Service reconfigurations following the failure of a foundation trust could be open to “political pressures” as a result of a proposed change to the Health Bill, lawyers and think tanks have warned.
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CommentGrounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
It appears the NHS in London might get its wish on downgrading two hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Lansley 'will back merger of Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals'
STRUCTURE: HSJ understands Andrew Lansley will recommend Chase Farm Hospital is merged with a neighbouring trust.
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NewsOver half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
Fewer than half of NHS trusts’ plans for achieving foundation status have been signed off by the Department of Health, more than four months after they were written.