All Reconfiguration articles – Page 24
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester reconfiguration to face judicial review
STRUCTURE: The controversial shake-up of emergency services in Greater Manchester will be subject to a judicial review, after the High Court agreed to hear a legal challenge from a group of doctors.
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HSJ LocalCCG chair fears maternity closure may be permanent
CCG chair has “very significant concern” suspension of maternity services at Alexandra Hospital could become permanent Jonathan Wells has written to arm’s length bodies requesting “external support” to reverse closure Removal of inpatient maternity services from Alexandra Hospital a key component of provider’s reconfiguration plans STRUCTURE: A clinical ...
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NewsHeart surgery ‘anticipated’ to be axed from at least one northern hospital
Health service leaders in the north have suggested that congenital heart surgery will be withdrawn from at least one hospital in the region.
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News£75m fund to close learning disability hospital beds
Plans to close up to half of inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities following the Winterbourne View scandal have been announced by the NHS and local government bodies.
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LeaderHunt’s game plan for CCG ratings is to hasten the demise of weak commissioners
NHS care delivery is now well underway
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NewsExclusive: Senior clinicians 'recommend merger' of two teaching hospitals
The boards of Liverpool’s two university teaching hospital trusts are to consider a joint report from their senior clinicians that recommends merging the organisations, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local'Deficiencies’ in takeover of learning disability unit where teenager died
There were ‘deficiencies’ in Southern Health Foundation Trust’s takeover of a learning disability service in the care of which a vulnerable teenager later died, an independent review has concluded.
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NewsNorth East considers health budget devolution
However, leaders could still walk away from the region’s devolution deal if residents overwhelmingly reject the proposals which include an elected mayor
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HSJ LocalNew review backs long standing vascular centralisation proposal
STRUCTURE: Vascular services in south Hampshire should be concentrated in a specialist centre at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, an expert review has concluded.
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NewsExclusive: Julie Moore to run two Birmingham FTs
Dame Julie Moore, the chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of its troubled neighbour Heart of England FT, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Inaccurate' email sparks row over Manchester hospital reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Doctors have been accused of distributing ‘inaccurate’ information as part of their campaign to retain emergency and high risk general surgery at a major teaching hospital in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalNorth East bosses seek to move patients back to York following hospital closure
Mental health services in York have transferred to a new provider as planned, after the sudden closure of a psychiatric hospital threatened to delay the process.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Hospital rebuild set to drive shake up of city's blood cancer services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners have agreed to help fund a £36m extension to a new cancer hospital being built in Liverpool, to make possible a reconfiguration of the city’s fragmented blood cancer services.
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NewsStevens hires national leads for specialised, primary and cancer care
NHS England has appointed Jonathan Fielden and Arvind Madan to lead its work on specialised services and primary care respectively.
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HSJ LocalKing's Lynn ‘up for’ radical restructure to stave off £39m deficit
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust is planning a radical restructure after an independent review said it faced a £39m funding deficit by 2018-19.
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HSJ LocalPlanning approval granted for new hospital despite CCGs’ doubts
COMMERCIAL: Planning approval has been granted for a new hospital build in Hampshire, despite local clinical commissioning groups’ doubts about the affordability of the reconfiguration project.
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HSJ LocalEssex mental health trusts consider merger
STRUCTURE: Two mental health trusts are considering a merger against the backdrop of commissioners who plan to de-fund secondary community services for ‘most’ mental health conditions.
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HSJ LocalFormer HEFT chief to lead biggest ever GP partnership
STRUCTURE: GPs in Birmingham will launch what is thought to be the largest ever ‘super partnership’ in the NHS next month, merging at least 35 practices into a single organisation.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Trusts with no future’ list on hold again
Plans to publish a list of NHS trusts unlikely to have a future as independent organisations have been put on hold, the NHS Trust Development Authority has indicated.