Kent’s overview and scrutiny committee has referred to the health secretary Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust’s plans to develop a midwifery led birth unit at Maidstone Hospital before consultant led maternity services transfer to the new Pembury Hospital next year, because of “public concern”.
The committee had supported the plans in 2005.
The financial consequences of halting proposed service changes should be taken into account, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has said.
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
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An integrated care board has been told to re-run a tender worth £82m after making a string of errors in the process, including failing to properly assess value for money.
A hospital has denied its chief executive was “confrontational” at a meeting with a billionaire donor.
A trust has been ordered to re-run part of a procurement process after a watchdog ruled it did not respond promptly to requests for information from an unsuccessful bidder.
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