All Reconfiguration articles – Page 21
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HSJ LocalProvider chosen to take over unsustainable mental health trust
Greater Manchester West Mental Health FT named as preferred acquirer of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Pennine Care Foundation Trust had also bid MMHSC admitted in 2014 was no longer sustainable as a standalone organisation NHS Improvement says there will be no changes to service delivery during ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalMajor South East hospital trust eyes reconfiguration
Three emergency medicine sites in East Kent likely to move to two Seven stroke units likely to reduce to three Vascular services expected to be reconfigured from two sites STRUCTURE: Stroke, vascular and emergency medicine services in Kent and Medway are likely to see major reconfiguration, one of ...
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust 'not sustainable' in current form
East Cheshire Trust board says organisation is not sustainable in its current form Trust reported a £24m deficit in 2015-16 and it cannot make required savings under payment by results tariff Trust is discussing with local commissioners the possibility of becoming an accountable care organisation STRUCTURE: East Cheshire ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Inadequate' CCGs face intervention
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalLandmark reconfiguration held up by capital funding squeeze
Healthier Together reconfiguration delayed due to constraints on capital funding The project in Greater Manchester requires £35m-£61m of capital funding, but only £3m has so far been confirmed Local leaders revisit implementation plan to “send clear message that commissioners are committed” FINANCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester have ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Muddling through a legal tangle
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: CCG ratings – still coming
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalNew North East mental health inpatient unit approved
New three ward mental health unit to open at St Nicholas Hospital Older people’s services to be consolidated at the same site Services at Gateshead’s Tramwell Unit and Newcastle’s Hardian Clinic to close Plans expected to save £3m a year STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in the North East have ...
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NewsPersonal maternity budgets worth up to £6,000, MPs told
Personal maternity budgets will be worth up to £6,000 Seven pilot groups are already trying out the new personal health budget Maternity review’s aim is for new midwifery pracices to provide continuity of care Personal budgets for women who wish to take charge of their own maternity care ...
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire sets out plans to tackle £60m deficit and performance
RECONFIGURATION: NHS leaders in Lincolnshire will go out to public consultation later this year over plans to radically overhaul key services.
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NewsLancashire exploring single HWB to oversee transformation plans
A single health and wellbeing board covering the whole Lancashire and south Cumbria sustainability and transformation plan footprint could be created, in a bid to increase local government oversight of reconfiguration plans.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Suspension, validation and a surprise admonishment
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Fair shares and robot wars
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs, from deadline to pipeline
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalCCGs: Hospital trust should lose major services
Bedford should be stripped of obstetrics and majority of emergency surgical care, review recommends Senior figure says Bedford clinicians have “mixed feelings” about removal of obstetrics Proposal is latest stage of protracted efforts to reconfigure services across Bedford and Milton Keynes If proposals are rubberstamped they would go to ...
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HSJ LocalTwo major trusts could give up 'sovereignty' to hospital chain
’Hospital chain’ set to have two categories of members, with some relinquishing a greater degree of sovereignty Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust could become ’full integrated members’, with Wigan and Bolton trusts as ’associates’ There have been ‘divergent views’ over how the chain should operate ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Confront the difficult decisions? Here’s your chance, Simon
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalSingle 'city-wide' trust proposed for Manchester
Recommendation would mean a new trust running services currently provided at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of South Manchester FT and North Manchester General Hospital. Sir Jonathan Michael rejected the idea of creating a “hospital chain”, which is the model being pursued by the acute trusts ...
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News'Safe harbour' promise for NHS leaders planning controversial changes
Simon Stevens promises “safe harbour” for NHS leaders making controversial changes as part of STPs He says “support and shelter” needed to prevent “lots of leadership churn” as plans are implemented Cites Lancashire’s A&E downgrade as “a responsible set of actions under difficult circumstances” NHS leaders planning to ...