All Reconfiguration articles – Page 23
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HSJ LocalThird trust considers joining Dalton’s ‘hospital chain’
Bolton was previously reluctant to join Salford Royal and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh in their foundation group Trusts expected to retain separate boards under the new model, but could be run by a joint executive team The three FTs have begun discussions over reconfiguration of breast surgery and women’s ...
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HSJ LocalNewcastle FT to take over some North Cumbria services
Newcastle FT will run some children’s services in north Cumbria Partnership set to be extended with cancer services considered a likely focus North Cumbria grappling with unsafe and unsustainable services, and senior leadership turnover North Cumbria University Hospitals in special measures and part of success regime Newcastle upon ...
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HSJ LocalWorcestershire hospital reforms approved by trust and CCGs
STRUCTURE: A long running West Midlands reconfiguration has moved a step closer to being implemented after proposals were backed by the affected trust and its main commissioners.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay vanguard sets out ‘accountable care’ ambition
Better Care Together project is part of the national vanguard programme Work seen as crucial to future of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT Current system “trapped in annual contracting cycles” and payment models with the wrong incentives STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Morecambe Bay will look to establish ...
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HSJ LocalManchester trust warns council over transformation plans
STRUCTURE: A major hospital trust has told Manchester City Council that any transformation of acute services in the city must sit within the context of its existing plans.
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HSJ LocalCCGs braced for service reform in Lancashire
Commissioners in Lancashire are readying themselves for a public consultation around hospital services in Chorley and Preston.
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NewsRevealed: Five trusts seeking millions for reconfiguration
Documents released by the Department of Health show five foundation trusts where reconfiguration of services could be necessary.
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HSJ LocalKent A&E faces downgrade
ACUTE CARE: Emergency services at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital could be downgraded because of concerns that trainee doctors being left to cope with potentially seriously ill surgical patients.
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HSJ LocalA&E shake-up needs £490m 'external funding support'
Huddersfield to lose emergency services despite being twice the size of Halifax Plan will ensure full use of PFI buildings at Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax CCGs say plan will maintain high quality services using the resources available STRUCTURE: Commissioners may consult on plans to reconfigure acute services ...
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HSJ LocalJonathan Michael to oversee Manchester reconfiguration
The previous chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals FT has been appointed to provide independent oversight of plans for a “single hospital service” in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalStevens fires broadside against ‘institutional self-interest’
High Court judge backs decision to remove emergency and high risk general surgery from Wythenshawe Hospital Simon Stevens says saying spurious claims were made to advance a “mistakenly conceived institutional self-interest” Wythenshawe doctors say patient safety was “only reason for mounting campaign” Simon Stevens has said a court ...
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LeaderThe 21 questions the NHS must answer this year
2016 is one of the NHS’s rare ‘years of opportunity’. The questions below will determine whether it is a success or failure
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HSJ LocalManchester medics lose court battle over landmark reconfiguration
High court judge says there was “no legal error” in major consultation process Court judgement reveals change in tack by Wythenshawe Hospital chiefs Judge says it was not necessary to inform public of “every potential contingency” Read the full judgment here A high court judge has ruled in ...
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HSJ LocalManchester trust chief quits ahead of judicial review decision
The chief executive of a major teaching trust in Manchester has resigned.
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CommentRemodel the NHS house while there's still some sunshine
Chris Hopson on the planning guidance and the NHS’s challenge in 2016-17
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NewsHospital services targeted in sexual health shake-up
London’s sexual health services are set to undergo a major shake-up, featuring a reduction in expensive hospital based services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHS spent £3.6m on ditched trust merger
Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health Trust spent £3.6m on failed merger Taunton and Somerset spent £1.9m on professional advisers after being made “preferred acquirer” Revelations follow Simon Stevens’ criticism of time and money wasted on “flawed” acquisition processes FINANCE: The NHS spent £3.6m preparing ...
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NewsLarge-scale GP model to be rolled out to 'swathe' of England
A “reasonable chunk” of the country will be expected to develop large-scale GP providers and networks under NHS England planning requirements for the coming years.
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HSJ LocalShropshire GPs have ‘no capacity’ to take on rural urgent care work
RECONFIGURATION: GP leaders in Shropshire have raised fears that a proposed reorganisation of emergency care in the region would see an increase in GP workloads for which they say there is no more capacity.
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HSJ LocalTrust's rationale for moving high risk surgery 'not supported'
Pennine Acute Trust say transfer of emergency and high risk general surgery has “implications” beyond those described during consultation All non-elective inpatient surgery to be transferred out of North Manchester General Hospital Reconfiguration leaders “do not recognise or support” the trust’s view RECONFIGURATION: Leaders at a major acute ...