All Reconfiguration articles – Page 39
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NewsSelbie: 'The NHS is not the same as health'
The chief executive of Public Health England has urged a fundamental rethink of how illness and wellbeing are perceived, stating: “The NHS is not the same as health.”
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NewsHunt compromises on Lewisham Hospital downgrade
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a compromise solution to the downgrade of services at Lewisham Hospital.
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CommentHunt's call on South London will affect the whole NHS
The impact will go far beyond Lewisham Hospital
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HSJ Local
Fears raised over mental health trust reorganisation
STRUCTURE Commissioners have raised “significant concerns” about Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust’s proposed reorganisation.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex trust forces apology from local papers
STRUCTURE: Local newspapers published lengthy apologies to East Sussex Healthcare Trust this month after they included inaccurate information in a coupon urging readers to oppose reconfiguration plans.
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HSJ Local25,000 march against 'insane' plan
More than 25,000 protesters on Saturday demanded that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects “insane” proposals to close a hospital’s newly revamped A&E department.
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HSJ LocalNational review for hospital reconfiguration opposed by Hague
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has been asked to look at a controversial hospital reconfiguration which has been opposed by foreign secretary William Hague.
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HSJ Local
Mid Yorks settles on centralised A&E and acute services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners are preparing to consult on proposals to downgrade two accident and emergency units run by Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which is forecasting a £26m deficit for 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
North Yorks warned deficit could reach £156m by 2017
The health economy in North Yorkshire could be up to £156m in deficit by 2016-17 unless action is taken, a report has warned.
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NewsUPDATE: Burnham says commissioning board 'couldn't carry on' under plan
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said the NHS Commissioning Board “couldn’t carry on” in its current form under his proposals to reshape health and social care.
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NewsCommissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.
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NewsNicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
The board will use its position as “a big, powerful commissioner” to reshape England’s largest teaching and specialist hospitals, says Sir David Nicholson.
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Local Healthwatch 'bound and gagged'
Local branches of the new “consumer champion” for health and social care will be left “bound and gagged” by government regulations restricting their campaigning activity, it has been claimed.
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NewsEpsom hospital pulled into A&E reconfiguration programme
Another hospital has been added to the list of those on the south west London and Surrey borders that could lose their accident and emergency and maternity facilities, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsArchbishop warns over heart unit
The Archbishop of York has warned the NHS must be allowed to put a culture of care over a culture of competition as he visited a children’s heart unit that is threatened with closure.
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Doctors attack health trust plan
Plans to dissolve a debt-ridden health trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy could have a “devastating” effect on a financially stable trust nearby, doctors have said.
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NewsA&E closure 'can't be justified'
A damning report which demands a debt-ridden NHS trust is broken up must not be used to justify closing essential hospital services, a senior Labour MP has said.
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NewsCCGs must lead service change, says Confed chair
The new chair of the NHS Confederation has said the future of clinical commissioning groups depends on whether they can succeed in pushing through service change.
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HSJ Local
Programme board backs reconfiguration of Trafford General Hospital
STRUCTURE: The board overseeing the planned reconfiguration of health services in Trafford has approved proposals to stop emergency surgery at Trafford General Hospital, and to replace its emergency department with an urgent care centre.
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DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
The government has rejected councils’ objections to proposal which could “politicise” local disputes about hospital closures.