All Reconfiguration articles – Page 37
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HSJ Local
Temporary safety changes to maternity services take hold in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed that temporary changes to maintain the safety of its maternity and paediatric services were implemented on 7 May.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Two hospitals to close in Fylde shake-up
STRUCTURE: NHS organisations on the Fylde coast have agreed plans for a reorganisation of older people’s rehabilitation services that will involve the closure of two community hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley Trust may change services instead of lose independence
STRUCTURE: Wye Valley Trust is considering whether it could carry out a major service reconfiguration, rather than close as an independent organisation.
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NewsEast of England pathology shake-up details emerge
Trusts involved in a controversial pathology services reconfiguration are to consult staff on the changes later this month, amid union claims that major logistical issues surrounding the project remain unresolved.
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CommentMonitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role
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HSJ Local
Ealing Council to seek judicial review of reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Ealing Council has begun the process of starting judicial review proceedings against the Shaping a Healthier Future reconfiguration.
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NewsExclusive: Healthcare for London review
HSJ has exclusively published the in-depth review into the flagship reconfiguration initiative
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LeaderCan the NHS still deliver major service change?
A new review raises questions over reconfiguration
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NewsLansley intervention damaged patient care, says Carnall
The former NHS London chief executive has said Andrew Lansley damaged patient care by halting the capital’s large-scale service change programme.
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NewsNHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
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NewsRoyal College voices concerns over UK paediatric services
Hospital care for sick children at weekends and in evenings needs to be better organised to ensure senior staff are available when needed, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT chief exec hits out at 'legal procrastination'
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Sir Leonard Fenwick, has issued a statement following the High Court review on children’s heart surgery services.
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Flory: Francis has moved an all-FT NHS back two years
The consequences of the Francis inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire care scandal have pushed back the process of getting all NHS providers to foundation trust status by two years, David Flory has told HSJ.
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NewsLeeds heart unit campaigners urge for investigation
Campaigners fighting to save the children’s heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) have called on health secretary Jeremy Hunt to launch an investigation into the suspension of surgery at the hospital, describing the decision as “NHS politics at its worst”.
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NewsNHS England to focus future QIPP on 'transformational change'
NHS England has confirmed that the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings programme will continue into the next comprehensive spending review period, pledged to set out how major service reconfigurations should be carried out.
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NewsTense wait for Leeds heart op decision
Families and clinicians on both sides of the controversy over the children’s heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary face a tense wait to see whether surgery will resume at the centre as expected this week.
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HSJ LocalA&E performance nosedives after Bucks reconfiguration
PERFORMANCE: The closure of an accident and emergency unit in Wycombe has led to a sharp increase in A&E waiting times at neighbouring hospitals, trust board papers state.