All Reconfiguration articles – Page 31
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HSJ Local
Second challenge to Mid Staffs downgrade
STRUCTURE: A second attempt to challenge in court the government’s decision to downgrade services at Stafford Hopsital has been launched this week.
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News
Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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HSJ LocalHunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has given the go ahead for a controversial shake-up of maternity services in North Yorkshire which was opposed by a cabinet colleague, according to local councillor.
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NewsMid Staffs downgrade could face judicial review
The Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Stafford is seeking a judicial review of the decision to downgrade the town’s hospital.
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HSJ Local
Joint pathology hub proposed for north west London trusts
STRUCTURE: Four trusts in North West London are considering forming a joint pathology hub that will follow the hub and spoke model recommended by the Carter Review.
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration at East Sussex complete
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of services at East Sussex Healthcare Trust is now complete following the centralisation of emergency and high risk orthopaedic services at Conquest Hospital in Hastings last week.
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.
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Comment'We must make public consultations more meaningful'
They are an impediment to implementation
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HSJ LocalHeatherwood and Frimley Park merger is given go ahead
The proposed acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust by Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority, the watchdog has announced.
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HSJ Local
Merger proposed between Surrey trusts
Two foundation trusts in Surrey have announced a proposed merger to offer more specialist services and to establish a major emergency centre on one of the sites.
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HSJ Local
Trust spends £1.8m to boost staffing levels
North Devon Healthcare Trust has launched a £1.8 million recruitment drive at one of its hospitals to boost staffing levels.
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NewsSpecialist hospitals fear NHS England centralisation plans
Specialist hospitals have urged NHS England to re-think its “one-size-fits-all” approach to centralising specialised acute services because it puts their independence at risk.
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NewsStevens sets out alternative approach to small hospitals
Merger or closure of small hospitals might not be the best way forward for an already “centralised” English NHS
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NewsMid Staffs special administration delay cost £125k
A decision to delay a key ministerial announcement on the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by nine working days cost Monitor up to £125,000, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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HSJ LocalManchester rules out maternity closures in short term
Clinicians leading an overhaul of Greater Manchester’s £6bn health economy have ruled out another controversial round of inpatient paediatric and maternity service closures in the short term.
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HSJ Local
Jeremy Hunt backs South Gloucestershire CCG plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has backed plans to reconfigure hospital services in South Gloucestershire after they were referred to him by local councillors following a long-running row.
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NewsStroke reconfiguration to be rolled out nationwide
NHS England is aiming to roll-out the London model of stroke reconfiguration on a nationwide basis, its updated business plan reveals.
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HSJ LocalSecond proposed FT merger under competition scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Competition and Markets Authority has begun a review of the proposed merger between Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust and its troubled neighbour Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.