Health Service Journal
Reconfiguration
Stories with this category.
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Commissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
16-Jan-2013
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Nicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
14-Jan-2013
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Local Healthwatch 'bound and gagged'
11-Jan-2013
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Epsom hospital pulled into A&E reconfiguration programme
10-Jan-2013
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Archbishop warns over heart unit
10-Jan-2013
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Doctors attack health trust plan
9-Jan-2013
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A&E closure 'can't be justified'
9-Jan-2013
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CCGs must lead service change, says Confed chair
7-Jan-2013
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Programme board backs reconfiguration of Trafford General Hospital
21-Dec-2012
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DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
17-Dec-2012
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East of England pathology shake-up announced
13-Dec-2012
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Is it time to break with the 1948 provider model?
12-Dec-2012
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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
12-Dec-2012
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Analysed: The case for changing primary care in Greater Manchester
11-Dec-2012
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'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
7-Dec-2012
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Analysed: Ambulance service performance
4-Dec-2012
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Seven day consultant working 'will require more resources'
4-Dec-2012
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East Kent relocation of adult wards
28-Nov-2012
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Board urges local leaders to push ahead on reconfiguration
28-Nov-2012
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Labour's vision of 21st century care
28-Nov-2012
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Lewisham backs rally against closure of its A&E
26-Nov-2012
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Labour 'will not oppose all reconfiguration'
26-Nov-2012
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Green light for East Sussex reconfiguration plans
23-Nov-2012
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NHS chief executives highlight 'climate of fear'
22-Nov-2012
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Healthcare needs a radical response to the economic crisis
22-Nov-2012
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Final business case submitted for north Kent merger
21-Nov-2012
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East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
21-Nov-2012
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Ambulance FT plans third 'Make Ready Centre'
21-Nov-2012
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Bidders for DGH takeover revealed
20-Nov-2012
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Leicester Trust unveils £250m plan
19-Nov-2012
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Standards suffer when children's services are fragmented
16-Nov-2012
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Carnall calls for service reconfigurations to be accelerated
9-Nov-2012
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Croydon's finance crisis is not incredible
8 November 2012
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Patient, professional and NHS bodies announce joint push on reconfiguration
7-Nov-2012
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South east Midlands hospitals face major service reconfiguration
5-Nov-2012
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Analysed: The future of acute services in the south east Midlands
5-Nov-2012
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Readers' letters - 1 November
2-Nov-2012
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Epsom and St Helier may be next for failure regime after merger talks fail
1-Nov-2012
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Harpal Kumar: outcomes at risk
1 November 2012
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Our own cardiac arrest
1 November 2012
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UPDATED: Hunt advised to break up South London Healthcare
29-Oct-2012
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Plans for South London Healthcare's future to be unveiled
29-Oct-2012
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SHA halts hospital takeover
25-Oct-2012
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Healthwatch chief sets out plans
25-Oct-2012
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Worcestershire review decision pushed into New Year
24-Oct-2012
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Third of acute care 'not needed'
24-Oct-2012
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Northern Devon launches service review
23-Oct-2012
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Change urged in NHS care delivery
23-Oct-2012
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Major reconfiguration delayed by neighbouring PCT
23-Oct-2012
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Pathology shake-up delay 'could damage services'
22-Oct-2012
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Ealing and NW London Hospitals merger proposed for next April
22-Oct-2012
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First do no harm: lessons from service reconfiguration in London
19-Oct-2012
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Live Q&A: making a merger work
18-Oct-2012
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FTs 20pc short of savings target
18-Oct-2012
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Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
18-Oct-2012
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Acute future - an HSJ roundtable
18 October 2012
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'A merger was our only viable option'
17-Oct-2012
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George Eliot expected to lose more services
15-Oct-2012
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NW London consultation closes
11-Oct-2012
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Stephen Eames: successful acquisitions
11 October 2012
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Rural FTs look to closer working to shore up future
8-Oct-2012
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Health minister claims MPs becoming more 'responsible' about reconfiguration
8-Oct-2012
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Doctors raise concerns over A&E closures
8-Oct-2012
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Carnall slams council's 'independent' reconfiguration probe
5-Oct-2012
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Manchester’s major shake-up revealed
4 October 2012
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The many shades of grey
4 October 2012
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Failure regime trust interests Dartford and Gravesham
1-Oct-2012
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EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust
1-Oct-2012
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New FTN chief calls for big cut in commissioner underspends
1-Oct-2012
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Close Heatherwood, argue neighbouring trusts
28-Sep-2012
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Forced mergers create larger failures - Corrigan
28-Sep-2012
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In defence of small hospitals
27 September 2012
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Reconfiguration fever
27-Sep-2012
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Struggling Worcestershire drafts in neighbouring providers
25-Sep-2012
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Worcestershire feels pressures of ageing population
25-Sep-2012
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Analysed: acute hospital services in Worcestershire under review
25-Sep-2012
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Ambulance service revises controversial savings plan
21-Sep-2012
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Jeremy Hunt not reviewing reconfiguration plans
20-Sep-2012
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Burstow admits to budget cuts
20 September 2012
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When it pays to join together
20 September 2012
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Vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
18-Sep-2012
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Analysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
18-Sep-2012
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Minister wades in against East Sussex reconfig plans
17-Sep-2012
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Exclusive: Private franchise not ruled out as trust seeks merger
13-Sep-2012
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Children's heart surgery decision faces judicial review
12-Sep-2012
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Cuts in jobs and pay loom in savings proposals
12-Sep-2012
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MPs: community hospitals are 'key to NHS'
7-Sep-2012
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District general hospital trust forced to look for merger partner
6-Sep-2012
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Yorkshire savings rely on reconfiguration
6-Sep-2012
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Local schemes fall behind in NHS’s drive for efficiency
6 September 2012
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Hull campaigners to march against 'cuts'
5-Sep-2012
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Mid Yorks reopening Pontefract A&E 24 hours
31-Aug-2012
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Consultation pledge on Worcestershire acute service review
24-Aug-2012
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NHS London approves £4m funding for SW London reconfiguration programme
24-Aug-2012
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Exclusive: NHS or private expressions of interest sought to run 'failing' trust
23-Aug-2012
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Private providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
20-Aug-2012
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EXCLUSIVE: Cost revealed of PR battle over children's heart surgery
15-Aug-2012
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Oxfordshire plans acute service restructure
13-Aug-2012
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Thousands attend rally on hospital cuts
8-Aug-2012
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Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
7-Aug-2012
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Analysed: Financial crisis at Peterborough and Stamford
7-Aug-2012
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Kent acutes given more time to provide merger evidence
6-Aug-2012
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Sussex trust fights back over reconfig plan criticism
6-Aug-2012
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Mental health shake-up mooted for Kent
6-Aug-2012
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Paediatric review suggests changes at Morecambe Bay maternity unit
3-Aug-2012
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Sutton GPs oppose downgrade of local hospital
3-Aug-2012
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East Sussex Healthcare seeks to ‘clarify’ future of services
31-Jul-2012
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Monitor drops controversial credit rating plan
31-Jul-2012
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Bristol acutes to merge
30-Jul-2012
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Beds may seek partner for FT bid
27-Jul-2012
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Boards approve case for £2.1bn merger
27-Jul-2012
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Morecambe Bay faces loss of vascular services
27-Jul-2012
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Friarage recommendations due in September
24-Jul-2012
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Royal Free 'strongest candidate' to take over Barnet and Chase Farm
24-Jul-2012
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Analysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
24-Jul-2012
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Review team meets with Worcestershire campaigners
24-Jul-2012
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Bristol urology reconfiguration moving ahead
24-Jul-2012
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Controversial vascular reorganisation referred to health secretary
20-Jul-2012
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Panel to review heart unit closure
18-Jul-2012
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Curbs proposed on council powers over NHS reconfiguration
18-Jul-2012
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Stroke care overhaul planned in Midlands and East
17-Jul-2012
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Analysed: review aims to improve stroke services in the Midlands and East
17-Jul-2012
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Exclusive: trust development body appoints senior NHS staff to top team
13-Jul-2012
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NHS North moves to downgrade Trafford General A&E
13-Jul-2012
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Arden commissioners plan to axe children's services at George Eliot
12-Jul-2012
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Royal Brompton rules out merger after losing heart services
11-Jul-2012
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Burns details plans to close Trafford General A&E
10-Jul-2012
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Mid Yorks announces reconfiguration options
10-Jul-2012
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Analysed: reconfiguration planned for Merseyside vascular services
10-Jul-2012
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Controversial vascular services restructure gets green light
10-Jul-2012
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North Yorkshire and York seeks consultants to help cut deficit
6-Jul-2012
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Southampton will keep children's heart surgery
6-Jul-2012
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Children's heart surgery to end at Royal Brompton
5-Jul-2012
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John Deffenbaugh: why the NHS and local government jigsaw can fit together this time
5 July 2012
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Mid Staffs draws up formal partnership with neighbour
4-Jul-2012
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NW London launches consultation on major service reconfiguration
4-Jul-2012
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Revealed: DH warnings to pipeline laggards
4-Jul-2012
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Exclusive: Hospital trust announces it is seeking merger partner to make FT status
2-Jul-2012
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Lansley: I'll back commissioners leading the case for change
28-Jun-2012
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Vascular services set for major reconfiguration
27-Jun-2012
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Government action on South London Healthcare a 'signal of intent'
27-Jun-2012
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East Lancashire eyes ‘new market’ as result of Manchester maternity reconfiguration
27-Jun-2012
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Mid Yorks begins talks on reconfiguration
27-Jun-2012
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Failure regime looms as trust faces bankruptcy
25-Jun-2012
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Nicholson: Politicians should be honest about service change needed
21-Jun-2012
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Lansley: 'I don't think hospitals will close'
21-Jun-2012
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The brave new world of managed failure
21-Jun-2012
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Berkshire bosses set out reconfiguration plans
20-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: London chief executive regrets 'compromise' that created biggest deficit trust
20-Jun-2012
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Analysed: a new shape for acute services in north Kent
19-Jun-2012
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Facing up to failure: an HSJ roundtable debate
14-Jun-2012
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Watchdog backs merger of Ealing and North West London hospitals
14-Jun-2012
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Trusts need to face up to the reality of mergers
14-Jun-2012
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'Reform could lead a transition to a non-hierarchical NHS'
14-Jun-2012
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The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
14-Jun-2012
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Merger of Epsom hospital with Ashford and St Peter's FT a step closer
1-Jun-2012
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Reconfiguration high on Monitor's agenda after FT breach
31-May-2012
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New merged Barts trust 'can learn from Whipps Cross and Newham'
30-May-2012
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Go ahead for £35m Shropshire reconfiguration
28-May-2012
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PCT approves hospital redevelopment
28-May-2012
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Treasury green light for Herts A&E rebuild
28-May-2012
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FT ambitions will be 'very challenging' for community trusts
24 May 2012
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Bristol acutes consider merger
22-May-2012
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Analysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
22-May-2012
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GPs vs MPs: the ‘new’ battle ground for a redesigned NHS
17-May-2012
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Heatherwood site has a long-term future, local bosses say
16-May-2012
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Report urges radical NHS centralisation
10-May-2012
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Burstow attacks move to close his local A&E
9-May-2012
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Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
3-May-2012
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Franchise deal could deter NHS bidder from hospital partnership
2-May-2012
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Private hospital operators begin merger talks
1-May-2012
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Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding
1-May-2012
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Analysed: the viability of acute services in the Thames Valley area
1-May-2012
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East Kent maternity shake-up goes ahead
30-Apr-2012
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The DH continues to dance around the issue of CCG freedoms
26-Apr-2012
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Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded
26-Apr-2012
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Merger business case delayed until after local election
25-Apr-2012
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Expect years of fundamental changes and austerity, says Grant
25-Apr-2012
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Shropshire reconfiguration plans finalised
24-Apr-2012
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Royal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
19-Apr-2012
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Timeline extended for Dartford and Gravesham merger
16-Apr-2012
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How the Barts Health merger avoided failure
12-Apr-2012
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Exclusive: London and Manchester to get beam therapy investment
4-Apr-2012
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Hull and East Yorkshire named as major trauma centre
4-Apr-2012
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Exclusive: Lansley rejects hospital merger case
3-Apr-2012
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Mental health shake-up in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
30-Mar-2012
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New NHS system threatens a tsunami of hospital mergers
29-Mar-2012
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Keeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
29-Mar-2012
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Acute sector faces wave of mergers and reconfigurations
29-Mar-2012
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What's beneath the surface of the provider market?
29-Mar-2012
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Community hospitals consultation will be more than 12 months overdue
29 March 2012
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Q&A: Monitor outline details on changing failure regime
29 March 2012
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Oxford and Southampton named as trauma centres
23-Mar-2012
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Manchester CCGs to take on acutes with united commissioning pact
22-Mar-2012
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Central Manchester FT takeover of Trafford Healthcare cleared for 1 April
20-Mar-2012
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Analysed: acute reconfiguration in North West London
20-Mar-2012
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Plans will see A&Es cut in NW London
20-Mar-2012
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£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
16-Mar-2012
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Trust mergers don't guarantee more for less
14-Mar-2012
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Shrewsbury and Telford's reconfiguration receives £35m of DH cash
13-Mar-2012
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London cluster delays panel decision on service reconfiguration
12-Mar-2012
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Analysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
12-Mar-2012
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PAHT opens new specialist trauma and orthopaedic centre
9-Mar-2012
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Monitor to publish annual reconfiguration 'blacklist'
8-Mar-2012
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'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'
8-Mar-2012
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Labour of love: making a maternity services reconfiguration successful
6-Mar-2012
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Preferred bidder could start running North Cumbria before takeover cleared
5-Mar-2012
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Nick Seddon: healthcare reform's new dawn
1-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: Monitor to publish 'black lists' of unviable hospitals
29-Feb-2012
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Heatherwood plans maternity unit closure after CCG abandons service
29-Feb-2012
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Pathology shake up across East Anglia acutes
27-Feb-2012
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South Staffs PCT wants to see 24 hour A&E at Stafford Hospital
24-Feb-2012
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GPs suggest 'radical' approach for Mid Staffs future
22-Feb-2012
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Competition panel approves two hospital mergers and will look at two more
22-Feb-2012
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£1.9bn hospital and mental health merger a step nearer
20-Feb-2012
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Competition watchdog clears Trafford Healthcare takeover
17-Feb-2012
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Coastal configuration for vascular services runs aground
16-Feb-2012
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Why reconfiguration remains a difficult balance between commissioners and providers
16 February 2012
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NHS Blackpool prepares for consultation on major reconfiguration
15-Feb-2012
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Epsom merger with Ashford and St Peter’s to continue
15-Feb-2012
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
14-Feb-2012
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Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire to be centralised
10-Feb-2012
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Commissioners 'very disappointed' as reconfiguration abandoned
10-Feb-2012
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Mergers pay boost for NHS interim managers
9-Feb-2012
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'There is inherent value in high quality outcomes data'
9-Feb-2012
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CCG: East Cheshire Trust dependent on ‘significant reconfiguration’
8-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: community trusts dispute asset transfers with PCTs and DH
8-Feb-2012
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CCP recommends biggest acute merger go ahead despite 'reducing patient choice'
8-Feb-2012
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How to prioritise disinvestment in support services
7-Feb-2012
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Hampshire trusts close to agreement on vascular reconfiguration
6-Feb-2012
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Southern Health reconfiguration 'paused' after concerns raised
3-Feb-2012
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Revealed: all but six of London's non-FT hospital trusts unviable by 2014-15
3-Feb-2012
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals closes birth centre
2-Feb-2012
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'Hinchingbrooke model' still an option for struggling trust
2-Feb-2012
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Opposition likely for Yorkshire reconfiguration plans
2 February 2012
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Redesigning hospital environments can help tackle infection
2 February 2012
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Could Hinchingbrooke set a benchmark for health organisation ownership?
1-Feb-2012
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Worcestershire launches service review
31-Jan-2012
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Hague wants 'exhaustive discussion' on Yorkshire reconfiguration
30-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: St George's drops out of St Helier merger bid
30-Jan-2012
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National team backs Friarage Hospital paediatric inpatient closure
26-Jan-2012
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'Reconfiguration may do more harm than good'
26-Jan-2012
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Monitor could advise commissioners on reconfiguration to combat financial difficulties
25-Jan-2012
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Ashford and St Peter’s passes latest hurdle in Epsom merger plan
24-Jan-2012
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Trafford takeover will give Central Manchester FT 22pc market share
24-Jan-2012
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Buckinghamshire reconfiguration consultation begins
24-Jan-2012
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Solid foundations: how to lead successfully in the new foundation landscape
24-Jan-2012
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South Warwickshire FT proposes to take over George Eliot
20-Jan-2012
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'Local healthcare cannot be delivered by giant commissioning bodies'
19 January 2012
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How to deliver a successful and sustainable hospital transformation
17-Jan-2012
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No 'structural merger' of health and social care, MPs told
17-Jan-2012
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Trusts merge to form Oxford University Hospitals
13-Jan-2012
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RCN chief: NHS facing 'toughest year'
12-Jan-2012
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£500m private sector community services takeover 'stalls'
12-Jan-2012
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Noel Plumridge: has the sparkle gone from social enterprise?
12-Jan-2012
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'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
12-Jan-2012
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Hospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
12-Jan-2012
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Welwyn hospital A&E services to be reduced from this month
11-Jan-2012
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NHS Blackpool chief executive seconded to acute provider
6-Jan-2012
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Legal lessons: securing judicial review of service reconfiguration
6-Jan-2012
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'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'
5-Jan-2012
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Maternity consultation nears end in east Kent
4-Jan-2012
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Locating the right evidence for merger decisions
3-Jan-2012
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DH backs Bristol pathology plans
23-Dec-2011
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
15-Dec-2011
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Mergers will not make unviable trusts sustainable, warn MPs
15-Dec-2011
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All eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
15 December 2011
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New mental health service in Hastings and Rother
12-Dec-2011
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Neuro-rehab service plan for west Surrey
12-Dec-2011
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Scarborough merger decisions 'will be taken in public'
12-Dec-2011
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Southern Health values future opportunities at £90m
12-Dec-2011
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'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
8 December 2011
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NHS London to sign off Barts merger on Tuesday
6-Dec-2011
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Altrincham Hospital rebuild set to be delayed until November 2012
6-Dec-2011
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£5.4m bailout for Trafford dependant on ‘accountability agreement’
6-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: London's paediatric emergency services not 'safe or sustainable'
2-Dec-2011
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Ridgeway to be taken over by non-neighbouring FT
2-Dec-2011
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Operating framework piles pressure on hospital sector
1-Dec-2011
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DH exerts pressure to merge on smaller CCGs
1-Dec-2011
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Learning legal lessons from the transforming community services scheme
1 December 2011
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth agree next step towards merger
29-Nov-2011
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East Sussex chief exec calls for ‘open mind’ on future service provision
28-Nov-2011
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Buckinghamshire plans reconfiguration programme
25-Nov-2011
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Nicholson: 'End criticism of managers'
24-Nov-2011
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Reconfiguration attention turns to acute services in the South East
24 November 2011
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Two Surrey FTs working towards possible merger
21-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: London cluster to consult on 'ambitious' reconfiguration plans
21-Nov-2011
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Why the success of health and wellbeing boards depends on relationships
16-Nov-2011
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Ashford and St Peter’s bid for Epsom confirmed
15-Nov-2011
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St George's puts in formal bid for St Helier
15-Nov-2011
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'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
10 November 2011
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North Yorkshire service shake-up gets permanent director
8-Nov-2011
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FTs consider merger that would create largest trust
8-Nov-2011
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Judge rules cardiac review consultation unlawful
7-Nov-2011
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth joint working 'progressing well'
4-Nov-2011
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Major reconfiguration plans emerging across England
4-Nov-2011
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Plans approved for three trauma centres in West Midlands
3-Nov-2011
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Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans
3-Nov-2011
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East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
3 November 2011
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'No merger' at troubled trust, FD says
3 November 2011
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Norfolk and Waveney FT signs off delayed merger
1-Nov-2011
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Nicholson says CCGs should get choice of support provider
1-Nov-2011
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Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
1-Nov-2011
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Second London reconfiguration approved
27-Oct-2011
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Oxford Radcliffe reviews head and neck cancer services
26-Oct-2011
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South Tees Hospitals considers centralising specialist orthodontics
25-Oct-2011
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NHS Peterborough chair fires parting shot over 'rapid' clustering
24-Oct-2011
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Ashford and St Peter’s confirms continued interest in Epsom
20-Oct-2011
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'An important moment in public health history'
20-Oct-2011
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Maternity reconfiguration consultation under way in East Kent
19-Oct-2011
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Heart of England plans major expansion
18-Oct-2011
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Bristol trusts discuss £1bn merger
17-Oct-2011
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Derbyshire PCTs announce new board structure
14-Oct-2011
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East and North Herts must find a new generator supplier
14-Oct-2011
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Thirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
13-Oct-2011
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Courage, leadership and public support are needed to avoid nightmare scenarios
13 October 2011
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FT will provide mental health and learning disability services in Leeds and York
12-Oct-2011
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Lansley: QIPP savings £1bn lower than expected
12-Oct-2011
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South Essex rehab reconfiguration plan gets support
10-Oct-2011
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Ipswich chief pledges vascular move will bring 'gold-standard care'
10-Oct-2011
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Council's public meeting opposes Hartlepool A&E plans
7-Oct-2011
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County Durham and Darlington stroke change proposals move forward
7-Oct-2011
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Hospital trust asks staff to consider working unpaid after recording £4.5m deficit at month five
7-Oct-2011
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Change plans grind to a halt in the North West
6 October 2011
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Royal Surrey and Circle confirm withdrawal from race to run Epsom Hospital
5-Oct-2011
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DH chases up service changes with an undisguised urgency
5-Oct-2011
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Circle pulls out of bid to run hospital
4-Oct-2011
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Unison 'will not campaign' against all reconfigurations
4-Oct-2011
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Government sets out limits of Health Bill compromise
3-Oct-2011
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South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
3-Oct-2011
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Medway and Dartford push for merger
30-Sep-2011
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CCP puts patient benefit over patient choice in acute merger
30-Sep-2011
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Tees mulls acute paediatric centre reduction
30-Sep-2011
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DH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
29-Sep-2011
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Can competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
29 September 2011
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Circle-style deal for London specialist?
29 September 2011
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'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
29 September 2011
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Council set to approve Northumbria hospital plans
28-Sep-2011
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare needs new ‘organisational’ form to become FT
27-Sep-2011
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Shrewsbury and Telford reconfiguration gets PCT approval
27-Sep-2011
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How public and private sector partnerships could stimulate efficiency improvements
27-Sep-2011
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Royal Brompton & Harefield Trust judicial review to start this week
26-Sep-2011
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West Midlands trauma care review due to complete in February
23-Sep-2011
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PFI for an eye?
23-Sep-2011
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Manchester fires starting gun on major reconfiguration
22-Sep-2011
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St George's to split HR director role with university
22-Sep-2011
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Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
22-Sep-2011
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Leading doctor calls for more clinically-led reconfigurations
22-Sep-2011
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Lancashire Care FT revises reconfiguration blueprint, cutting planned beds by 298
21-Sep-2011
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Bradford hospital begins service change talks with patients
20-Sep-2011
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End of life reform announced in East Yorkshire and Humber
16-Sep-2011
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Northumbria and Newcastle FTs public clash over new hospital plan
15-Sep-2011
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East Kent maternity consultation to begin next month
14-Sep-2011
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Royal Surrey County may share back office functions with Frimley Park
14-Sep-2011
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Go reconfigure?
13-Sep-2011
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NNUH calls on public to help protect future of local liver surgery
12-Sep-2011
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NW to consider rules on 'financial impact' of reconfigurations involving PFI
12-Sep-2011
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South Central consults on redesign for stroke, vascular and trauma care
12-Sep-2011
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Chase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
12-Sep-2011
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How community based diagnostic services can improve patient care and cost-efficiency
12-Sep-2011
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'We need to build the proper foundations for clinically led commissioning'
12-Sep-2011
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Reconfigure It Out
9-Sep-2011
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Debate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
9-Sep-2011
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Southern Health proposes two mental health hospital closures
8-Sep-2011
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Health Bill amendments could add 'political pressure' to reconfiguration decisions
7-Sep-2011
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Imperial denies newspaper report that St Mary's will be sold off
6-Sep-2011
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Politicians block reforms - King’s Fund
6-Sep-2011
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FTs eyeing North Cumbria takeover to present proposals to stakeholders
2-Sep-2011
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Warrington and Halton Hospitals fights to retain vascular services
1-Sep-2011
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Health secretary to retain reconfiguration veto
1-Sep-2011
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Proposals to change mental health services across North Staffs
1-Sep-2011
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Bristol acutes set to begin service reconfiguration
31-Aug-2011
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South Warwickshire proposes rehabilitation hospital transfer
31-Aug-2011
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Surrey pathology reconfiguration moves to next stage
30-Aug-2011
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Trust wins backing to vacate £3.6m PFI unit
25-Aug-2011
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Grounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
25 August 2011
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Winchester and Eastleigh consults on maternity services
24-Aug-2011
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Derbyshire consults on talking therapies service
24-Aug-2011
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Aneurysms surgery moves from Darlington to Durham
22-Aug-2011
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Epsom and St Helier announces merger criteria
19-Aug-2011
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Lansley 'will back merger of Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals'
18-Aug-2011
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Private sector prefered bidder announced for south west pathology partnership
18-Aug-2011
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Foundation trusts reveal new merger ideas to survive
18 August 2011
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Review of services in Yorkshire warns of system failure
18 August 2011
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North Staffordshire consults on mental health service changes
17-Aug-2011
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Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust opens new rehab unit
16-Aug-2011
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Reconfiguration in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to leave three main acute sites
12-Aug-2011
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Commissioners set out vision for Berkshire and Buckinghamshire reform
8-Aug-2011
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Winchester and Eastleigh trust spends £690,000 on maternity
8-Aug-2011
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First foundation trust authorised in four months announced
4-Aug-2011
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Over half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
4-Aug-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: the £2bn secret subsidy
4-Aug-2011
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SHA publishes major independent review of cash-strapped North Yorkshire and York
2-Aug-2011
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East Berkshire starts review seeking 'clinically sustainable' services
2-Aug-2011
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Improved early cancer detection initiative begins
2-Aug-2011
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Hospital merger could see loss of A&E, report says
29-Jul-2011
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Dispute over Leeds children's heart surgery
28-Jul-2011
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Lansley's delay to reconfiguration 'risks patient safety'
28-Jul-2011
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CCP calls in London mega-merger for scrutiny
27-Jul-2011
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District general hospital selects FT as takeover partner
27-Jul-2011
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Weston and Bristol acutes to merge pathology services
26-Jul-2011
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York FT acquisition of Scarborough 'could be complete by April 2012'
22-Jul-2011
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Health minister calls for pause to 'reckless' reconfiguration of his local trust
22-Jul-2011
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McKinsey appointed to acute reorganisation contract
21-Jul-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board must support CCGs, not overshadow them
21-Jul-2011
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Trust pins hopes on merger to avoid referral over deficit
21 July 2011
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Work starts on midwife-led birth unit in Medway
19-Jul-2011
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Medway goes public with possible Dartford merger
19-Jul-2011
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No judicial review request over Maidstone reconfiguration
19-Jul-2011
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SHA tells Monitor to push Suffolk and Norfolk mental health merger through
19-Jul-2011
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Stroke reconfiguration at County Durham and Darlington
18-Jul-2011
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Maternity services need radical reform - RCOG
14-Jul-2011
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Lansley heralds change in size and role of acutes
13-Jul-2011
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Greater Manchester cluster considers plan to halve number of local boards
12-Jul-2011
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Barnet and Chase Farm report on Lansley's desk
11-Jul-2011
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Overview and scrutiny panel responsible for 'a tragedy', councillor says
8-Jul-2011
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Nicholson urges MPs to end obsession with bed numbers
8-Jul-2011
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Exclusive: Lansley says hospitals exempt from 'over-managed' claim
8-Jul-2011
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Chase Farm is 'signal' ministers will not back major NHS change, says Hunt
7-Jul-2011
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North West London Hospitals delays merger case
5-Jul-2011
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth press ahead with joint working
1-Jul-2011
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Suffolk Mental Health Trust 'does not have' merger reports
1-Jul-2011
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Managing the new NHS - an HSJ supplement
30-Jun-2011
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District general hospital confirms it is going for independent foundation trust status
30-Jun-2011
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Support for children's heart unit intensifies in the South
30 June 2011
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Nicholson says region's FT pipeline risks going backwards
29-Jun-2011
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Bristol looks toward united future for histopathology
28-Jun-2011
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Battling the elements: how one trust's fight for foundation status holds valuable lessons
28-Jun-2011
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Half of London's non-FTs need 'merger, reconfiguration or both'
27-Jun-2011
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Oxfordshire learning disability trust plans merger
27-Jun-2011
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
23 June 2011
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London trusts encouraged by delayed 'drop dead' date for FT status
23 June 2011
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Salisbury FT seeks major trauma unit status
22-Jun-2011
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Derby City gets go-ahead for service reconfiguration
22-Jun-2011
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How public involvement was a foundation for improving healthcare delivery in Hertfordshire
21-Jun-2011
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Delay to Oxford Radcliffe merger with Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital
21-Jun-2011
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North Tees plans urgent care centre move
21-Jun-2011
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United front: why leadership is vital to a successful merger
14-Jun-2011
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Local authorities to have 'formal role' in authorising Clinical Commissioning Groups
14-Jun-2011
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West Midlands major trauma centre review begins
14-Jun-2011
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The government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options
9 June 2011
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South Warwickshire bed closure plan stalls
7-Jun-2011
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Date approaches for Royal Brompton legal challenge over service review
3-Jun-2011
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North Tees hospitals behind on planned bed closures
31-May-2011
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Results of Western Sussex reconfiguration consultation due next month
25-May-2011
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SW London cluster considers hospital pathology and pharmacy consolidation
24-May-2011
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Leading the line: how service line management can promote clinical excellence
24-May-2011
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IRP review recommends against reopening Portsmouth ward
20-May-2011
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NHS Blackpool to consult on possible closure of four hospitals
17-May-2011
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Maternity services review at East Sussex Healthcare
16-May-2011
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Three trauma units proposed for Medway
16-May-2011
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Potential partners for Epsom and St Helier will be invited to bid at end of June
16-May-2011
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Clamour for local involvement rising in North West
12 May 2011
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RNOH presses ahead with PFI project
12-May-2011
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East Sussex Hospitals starts life with community service provider
10-May-2011
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Manchester mental health trust plans to escape PFI premises
9-May-2011
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Hospital chief executive steps down after board delays FT application
6-May-2011
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Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
6-May-2011
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Councillors approve North East MH service change
4-May-2011
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East and North Herts still waiting for reconfiguration approval
3-May-2011
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Council to investigate Berkshire mental health plans
3-May-2011
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'Without evidence, the rhetorical reforms are irrelevant at best'
27-Apr-2011
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Medway FT signs memorandum of understanding with nearby acute trust
26-Apr-2011
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Trusts set 'unlikely' savings targets for 2011-12
20-Apr-2011
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Stepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
20-Apr-2011
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NHS West Sussex holds extra board meeting to discuss ‘clustering’
19-Apr-2011
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Consultation supports RDaSH reconfiguration
19-Apr-2011
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Milton Keynes PCT moves to East Midlands SHA
19-Apr-2011
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Chase Farm services decision faces further delays
19-Apr-2011
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MP calls for DH to investigate Wesham Hospital closure
18-Apr-2011
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Durham & Darlington begins major 'integration' service review
15-Apr-2011
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Foundation trust advised to 'run down' hospital
14 April 2011
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Magical mystery shoppers: driving service improvements with quality feedback
14 April 2011
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Reconfiguration threatening to derail London service level agreements
14 April 2011
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Western Sussex Hospitals offers public one-to-one consultation on changes
12-Apr-2011
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London trust and PCTs go to arbitration over 2011-12 contract
11-Apr-2011
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Burns care across three regions 'unsustainable'
7 April 2011
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'Public health cannot survive on £4bn'
7 April 2011
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South West trust clawing back every penny ahead of make or break year
7 April 2011
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Greater collaboration between Royal Brompton and Harefield mooted at by departing chief executive
6-Apr-2011
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New deadline for revised Barnet and Chase Farm reconfiguration plans
5-Apr-2011
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Vertical integration at Barts not due until July
1-Apr-2011
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Hakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
31 March 2011
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McKinsey appointed to work on Ealing and North West London merger
30-Mar-2011
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Departing Whipps Cross chief exec looks forward to merger project role
30-Mar-2011
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Epsom and St Helier to invite expressions of interest for merger or acquisition
30-Mar-2011
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Hampshire chief exec to head up 'SHIP cluster'
29-Mar-2011
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CCP to assess merger of Sefton GPs with Liverpool Community Health Trust
29-Mar-2011
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Pennine Acute closes Rochdale A&E
25-Mar-2011
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Whipps Cross chief exec steps down to work on merger plan
21-Mar-2011
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A golden opportunity to reshape workforce planning, education and training
17-Mar-2011
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Mergers making their mark on the South East Coast
17 March 2011
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Norfolk and Waveney FT chief takes role at Suffolk Mental Health Trust
11-Mar-2011
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Lansley halts reconfiguration plan
10-Mar-2011
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GPs concerned over reforms' impact on hospital finances, poll shows
10 March 2011
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Mental health merger ruled against over competition concerns
10 March 2011
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Kent acute trusts propose merger
9-Mar-2011
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MP warns of 'huge gap' in heart care provision
4-Mar-2011
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Cally Bann
3-Mar-2011
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Tariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
3 March 2011
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Consultation launched on merger of mental health teams in Sussex
1-Mar-2011
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'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon
28-Feb-2011
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Barnet and Chase Farm 'concerned' over cardiovascular reconfiguration
28-Feb-2011
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Transparency in London reveals hive of activity
24 February 2011
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Barts double merger moves a step closer
23-Feb-2011
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NHS Havering polyclinic tender put on hold by GPs
18-Feb-2011
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Cally Bann
17 February 2011
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Competition can work, but only with the right tactics
17 February 2011
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Dozens of hospitals at risk from PCT efficiencies
17 February 2011
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Shake-up opposed by Lansley gets green light
17 February 2011
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Your Humble Servant: health mogul
10 February 2011
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Councillors criticise NHS South Gloucestershire over bed cuts plan
9-Feb-2011
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Darlington service change plans approved
7-Feb-2011
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Durham and Darlington FT reconfiguration approved
7-Feb-2011
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Durham service change plans approved
7-Feb-2011
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Sheffield Hospitals to merge vascular team
7-Feb-2011
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Hull and East Yorkshire to share vascular team
4-Feb-2011
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Reconfiguration plans delayed until spring
4-Feb-2011
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Kent PCT cluster appoints future chief exec
3-Feb-2011
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Successful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
3-Feb-2011
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Scarborough and North East Yorkshire in vascular shakeup
1-Feb-2011
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York Hospital in regional vascular shakeup
1-Feb-2011
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Brighton and Hove PCT likely to cluster with rest of Sussex
25-Jan-2011
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Public petition against closure of West Kent PCT-run GP surgery
25-Jan-2011
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East Sussex PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
25-Jan-2011
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Medway PCT likely to cluster with rest of Kent
25-Jan-2011
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Eastern Kent PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
25-Jan-2011
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NHS Surrey likely to form cluster of its own
25-Jan-2011
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West Sussex PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
25-Jan-2011
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The provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
25-Jan-2011
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West Kent PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
24-Jan-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
24-Jan-2011
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Last of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
21-Jan-2011
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Trusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
21-Jan-2011
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Tribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services
20-Jan-2011
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Audit Commission issues public interest report on struggling acute trust
19-Jan-2011
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Trust in breach of six CQC standards
19-Jan-2011
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'Direct management' of under-par consortia an option, says Nicholson
13-Jan-2011
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Nick Bosanquet: Five steps to security
13 January 2011
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'Through the lens of commissioning consortia the world seems quite different'
13 January 2011
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Chief execs at two "challenged trusts" change roles
12-Jan-2011
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Kent maternity services to be reviewed
12-Jan-2011
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Monitor issues list of lessons to be learnt from failed FT bids as list of planned mergers grows
10-Jan-2011
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Lansley confirms Maidstone to close maternity unit
22-Dec-2010
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Service reconfiguration at London trust a step closer
16-Dec-2010
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Another reconfiguration passes Lansley's 'four tests'
15-Dec-2010
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Elderly care service review launched
14-Dec-2010
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IRP to review ward closure
13-Dec-2010
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How will the health reforms be judged?
9 December 2010
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Merger plans announced as FT deadline looms
9 December 2010
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Hospital trust announces merger proposals
6-Dec-2010
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Maternity units may close, despite pre election pledges
30-Nov-2010
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10 high-impact changes to older people’s services
25-Nov-2010
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Mark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
25 November 2010
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All NHS reconfigurations look set to progress despite moratorium
19-Nov-2010
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MPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
17-Nov-2010
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NHS Surrey stops funding for IVF and tattoo removal
15-Nov-2010
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The national public health service
11 November 2010
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A&E closure plan accelerated by six months
5-Nov-2010
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New Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
5-Nov-2010
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The NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
4 November 2010
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Concern over rate of PCT talent drain
2-Nov-2010
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NHS efficiency savings could get a rough ride
28 October 2010
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No evidence GP consortia will be better than PCTs
28 October 2010
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MP calls for NAO investigation into 'misguided' halting of reconfiguration plans
19-Oct-2010
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NHS London volunteers external oversight in 'Lansley tests' over reconfiguration plans
19-Oct-2010
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Shadow health secretary wastes no time in attacking NHS cuts
12-Oct-2010
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Reform timetable ambitious but achievable - Lansley
11-Oct-2010
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The right way to form GP consortia
7 October 2010
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Health students' doubts over NHS reforms
4-Oct-2010
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South Essex PCTs confirm creation of cluster
1-Oct-2010
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Lansley acknowledges lack of readiness for GP commissioning
30 September 2010
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Andy Burnham accuses Cameron of NHS u-turn
29-Sep-2010
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DH keeping a close eye on local NHS reconfiguration plans
23 September 2010
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Jon Restell on why managers are worth it
16 September 2010
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How to lead through transition
30-Aug-2010
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Monitor set local authority concerns aside
26 August 2010
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NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
26 August 2010
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'We all know NHS change will keep coming - the trick is to adapt'
19 August 2010
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'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
12 August 2010
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'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'
12 August 2010
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Trauma care ‘needs networks at regional level’
12 August 2010
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A nervous kind of NHS reorganisation
5 August 2010
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Cally Bann: the white paper
5 August 2010
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Free NHS Choices to meet public need
5 August 2010
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Is this the end of the road for PCTs?
5 August 2010
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Media Watch: NHS trusts may soon be courting oligarchs
5 August 2010
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NHS service reconfigurations 'surge' expected
5 August 2010
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Under the radar guidance ends hospital closure moratorium
5 August 2010
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Union threatens judicial review over pace of NHS change
5 August 2010
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Commissioners must 'balance evidence and views' on reconfiguration
29-Jul-2010
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Reconfiguration moratorium lifted in three months
29-Jul-2010
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The new healthcare revolution
29 July 2010
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Uncertainty still dogs PCTs during transfer of power
29 July 2010
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Patient involvement lacking in South West cancer service reconfiguration
22-Jul-2010
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Controversial urgent care unit will not revert to full A&E status
22 July 2010
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Mark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role
22 July 2010
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Centralising stroke services improves care, says NHS London
20-Jul-2010
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Departing NHS London chair hits out at Lansley
15 July 2010
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GPs refuse to be Lansley's 'whipping boys'
14-Jul-2010
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Accountability shake-up planned for public services
8-Jul-2010
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Cost of axing hospital redesigns must be counted
8 July 2010
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UCLH says acute care centralisation is better
8 July 2010
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Minister visits hospital at centre of A&E reconfiguration row
1 July 2010
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Stephen Eames on GPs in the hotseat
1 July 2010
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Ken Jarrold on the winners and losers of NHS reform
28-Jun-2010
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Michael White on hospital reconfigurations
24 June 2010
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PCT to downgrade A&E despite Lansley policy
24 June 2010
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Government must heed restructuring lessons, says Confed
23-Jun-2010
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Lansley halts maternity unit closure
21-Jun-2010
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'Don't doubt the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform'
17 June 2010
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First test to Lansley's new reconfiguration policy
16-Jun-2010
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NHS London loses another three board members
15-Jun-2010
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Board member exodus leaves NHS London at risk
14-Jun-2010
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NHS budget 'should not be protected'
11-Jun-2010
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Your Humble Servant: Coabolition
10 June 2010
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Top board members leave NHS London
3 June 2010
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‘Patient safety must survive quango cull’
2-Jun-2010
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London SHA chair resigns
27-May-2010
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NHS service change plans will face stricter controls
27 May 2010
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Will NHS building plans stay on the drawing board?
27 May 2010
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Your Humble Servant: NHS regime change
27 May 2010
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HSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012
24-May-2010
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Lansley: NHS must review reconfiguration plans
21-May-2010
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Lansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
19-May-2010
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Lansley calls a halt to Darzi in London
19-May-2010
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Lansley orders probe into chief's sacking
18-May-2010
