All Reconfiguration articles – Page 32
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NewsNicholson: NHS needs extra funding for 'change'
Major service change in the NHS will need additional funding during the next parliament, its outgoing chief executive said.
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HSJ LocalDecision due on Mid Staffs dissolution
The health secretary is set to announce his decision on whether the scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be dissolved.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for Wye Valley
WORKFORCE: Wye Valley Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNew strategy for south west London reconfiguration
Six clinical commissioning groups in South West London have formally dismantled their Better Services Better Value programme designed to reconfigure acute services. However, they admit service change is still required.
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NewsUPDATED: Support offered to challenged health economies
Eleven “financially challenged” health economies are going to receive support from private companies to help with their strategic planning, it has been announced.
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NewsUncertainty over Wye Valley future
The future of Wye Valley Trust has been plunged into uncertainty after the trust ruled out all three options on a shortlist to secure its long term future.
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HSJ LocalTreasury delay risks 'smashing up' Papworth
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust’s chairman has accused ministers of risking “smashing up” one of the “jewels in the NHS’s crown” by continuing to delay the trust’s move to a new site.
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NewsNicholson demands hospital centralisation
The outgoing head of NHS England has said hospitals will have to close and services centralised to improve patient care.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chains win backing
Discussions have begun between national NHS bodies on how the provider landscape can be radically reshaped, including on providers forming national chains of hospitals and services.
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CommentNo NHS hospital is an island when it fails financially
TSAs might be able to close hospitals without consultation
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NewsHunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalBournemouth and Poole agree not to merge for a decade
STRUCTURE: The two south coast foundation trusts whose planned merger was blocked last year have signed an undertaking not to attempt to merge again for the next 10 years.
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NewsCompetition rules still impeding service change, say hospital bosses
Hospital chief executives still feel the competition and merger control rules introduced under the government’s NHS reforms are making it difficult to carry out important reconfigurations.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffordshire decision looms
The team of administrators charged with deciding the future of the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will publish its final report on 18 December.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners rule out Morecambe Bay maternity downgrade
STRUCTURE: Commissioners leading a major review of hospital services in Morecambe Bay have ruled out downgrading the maternity unit that was the focal point of the area’s recent care scandal.
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CommentLord Carter's pathology review is more relevant than ever
The obstacles in the way of reconfiguration
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NewsPlans to strengthen special administration regime criticised
The British Medical Association and others have accused ministers of rushing legislation that could allow changes to local hospitals to be forced through without proper consideration of patients’ needs.
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HSJ Local
CCGs propose single-site obstetrics and paediatrics in East Sussex
Maternity and paediatric services in East Sussex will be permanently provided on one site rather than two under proposals put forward by clinical commissioning groups in the area.
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NewsJulie Moore: leading trusts could run hospital chains
Dame Julie Moore told HSJ she wanted to see top providers running chains of hospitals, arguing the district general hospital could be “redefined” as an outpost of a larger trust.