All Reconfiguration articles – Page 48
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News
Private hospital operators begin merger talks
The private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London is considering merging with independent healthcare provider Nuffield Health, it was announced today.
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HSJ Local
Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding
FINANCE: Talks are under way regarding a potential merger for Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust, which has also secured bail-out funding for 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: the viability of acute services in the Thames Valley area
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: the long term viability of acute services in the Thames Valley area.
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HSJ Local
East Kent maternity shake-up goes ahead
STUCTURE: Maternity services in east Kent are to be reconfigured, with two units to close to births, it has been announced.
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Leader
The DH continues to dance around the issue of CCG freedoms
What will CCGs do with their “assumed liberty”?
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Comment
Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded
Does the Health Act leave Lansley powerless?
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HSJ Local
Merger business case delayed until after local election
STRUCTURE: The full business case for the merger of Ealing and North West London Hospitals Trust has been delayed until after the London Mayoral elections in May.
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News
Expect years of fundamental changes and austerity, says Grant
Malcolm Grant has predicted “fundamental changes in provision of health services” driven by a “vision” covering “not less than 10 years”.
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HSJ Local
Shropshire reconfiguration plans finalised
STRUCTURE: The full business case for reconfiguring acute services in Shropshire has been published ahead of final decisions by commissioners and the West Midlands strategic health authority.
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News
Royal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
A foundation trust has lost a High Court case it brought against a consultation on the national configuration of paediatric heart surgery services.
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HSJ Local
Timeline extended for Dartford and Gravesham merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has put back the date it expects to merge with Medway Foundation Trust, but remains confident the link up will go ahead despite increased scrutiny of its proposals by the Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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News
Exclusive: London and Manchester to get beam therapy investment
Andrew Lansley will tomorrow announce two hospitals that will offer Proton Beam Therapy for the treatment of cancer.
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HSJ Local
Hull and East Yorkshire named as major trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Hull Royal Infirmary, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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News
Exclusive: Lansley rejects hospital merger case
The health secretary has ruled there is insufficient evidence of the benefits of formally merging Chase Farm Hospital with North Middlesex University Hospital, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Mental health shake-up in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: Mental health services are to undergo a major change in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough including the establishment of a 24/7 advice and referral centre to provide a single point of access.
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Leader
New NHS system threatens a tsunami of hospital mergers
A wave of reconfiguration is on the horizon.
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HSJ Knowledge
Keeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
Takeover or oblivion are possibilities for some NHS organisations in the new order – so what are they doing to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, asks Alison Moore.
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News
Acute sector faces wave of mergers and reconfigurations
The English NHS hospital sector is facing a wave of mergers, acquisitions and reconfigurations, HSJ’s extensive survey of trust chief executives has revealed.
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Comment
What's beneath the surface of the provider market?
This month’s trust chief executive barometer presents a relatively rosy picture of the NHS provider market.