All Reconfiguration articles – Page 42
-
HSJ Local
Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
STRUCTURE: A consultation on the reconfiguration of mental health services across Kent is due to end on 26 October.
-
HSJ Knowledge
'A merger was our only viable option'
How the hospital where the NHS was launched merged with another organisation
-
HSJ Local
George Eliot expected to lose more services
STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire widely expect services to be removed from George Eliot Hospital Trust regardless of whether or not it enters a into a partnership with an NHS or private organisation it has emerged.
-
HSJ Local
NW London consultation closes
STRUCTURE: The 14-week consultation into a large-scale service reconfiguration in north west London has come to an end this week.
-
Comment
Stephen Eames: successful acquisitions
These laudable aims often act as a fig leaf for cost cutting - remember the old fable about Greeks bearing gifts
-
HSJ Local
Rural FTs look to closer working to shore up future
STRUCTURE: Two successful foundation trusts are exploring means of working together more closely, including a possible merger, in an attempt to meet the challenge of providing care in a rural setting.
-
News
Health minister claims MPs becoming more 'responsible' about reconfiguration
New health minister Daniel Poulter has insisted politicians are becoming more far-sighted in their approach to debates about service reconfiguration.
-
News
Doctors raise concerns over A&E closures
A group of 140 senior doctors have written to David Cameron expressing their alarm over proposals to close and reconfigure accident and emergency units around the country.
-
News
Carnall slams council's 'independent' reconfiguration probe
NHS London’s chief executive has delivered a withering verdict on a council’s criticism of reconfiguration plans, which she said was “grossly undermined by an apparent lack of understanding” of both the proposals and the law.
-
News
Manchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
-
Comment
The many shades of grey
Health evidence is often unclear, so decisions have to be made with a large degree of uncertainty
-
HSJ Local
Failure regime trust interests Dartford and Gravesham
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
-
HSJ Local
EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
-
News
New FTN chief calls for big cut in commissioner underspends
The new chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network has called for NHS commissioners to significantly cut the proportion of health funding they leave unspent.
-
HSJ Local
Close Heatherwood, argue neighbouring trusts
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has argued that Heatherwood Hospital should be closed, with funding diverted to its own Brants Bridge clinic in Bracknell.
-
News
Forced mergers create larger failures - Corrigan
The government should not force underperforming hospitals to merge together because such strategies simply create larger failing NHS organisations, a report suggests.
-
News
Struggling Worcestershire drafts in neighbouring providers
Health authorities in Worcestershire have held talks with neighbouring NHS providers as part of a major review of acute services in the county, it has emerged.