All Reconfiguration articles – Page 25
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HSJ Local
More changes proposed to specialist care in Greater Manchester
STRUCTURE: Further proposals for hospital reconfiguration in Greater Manchester are due to be announced before the end of the financial year, HSJ has learned.
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Leader
Hunt battles his 'inner Stalin' to deliver the NHS’s 'reformation moment'
Determined to make his mark
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HSJ Local
‘Urgent’ stroke review underway in Kent and Medway
STRUCTURE: There is an ‘urgent need’ to improve stroke services across Kent and Medway, commissioners have decided.
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News
Exclusive: Weak bargaining position blew Mid Staffs administrators' budget, says Monitor
The ‘failure regime’ for Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust overran its budget because the trust’s ‘special administrators’ had a weak negotiating position relative to neighbouring NHS organisations, a Monitor review has found.
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HSJ Local
Stockport 'likely to be final specialist site', sources say
STRUCTURE: Senior figures in Greater Manchester’s provider sector believe Stockport is the favourite to be the region’s fourth site for emergency surgery, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
A&E shake-up restarts in attempt to reverse FT’s financial woes
STRUCTURE: Controversial plans to reconfigure emergency services at two Yorkshire hospitals have been relaunched, amid concerns about their financial sustainability and staffing levels.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire shake-up gets green light amid A&E concerns
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration of acute services in Worcestershire will go ahead after receiving the green light from the West Midlands Clinical Senate.
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HSJ Local
North West stroke patients admitted to wrong hospital
ACUTE CARE: Nearly half of Bolton’s stroke patients are still being admitted to their local hospital despite a service reconfiguration.
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HSJ Knowledge
Seven day services: Gathering the data to make it happen
Ten acute trusts in the East Midlands joined forces to tackle the challenge
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HSJ Local
Mental health trusts reveal ‘centre of excellence’ merger plans
STRUCTURE: Two mental health trusts in the North West are in discussions over a potential merger.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Dorset acute plans include accident and emergency downgrade
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at either the Royal Bournemouth Hospital or Poole Hospital could be downgraded to an urgent care centre under proposals for changes to acute services in Dorset.
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Comment
Balancing the books while keeping services safe is hard but necessary
Ministers under pressure
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HSJ Local
Paediatric services transfer from Stafford Hospital
STRUCTURE: Inpatient paediatric services at the former Stafford Hospital site have transferred to the nearby Royal Stoke and Wolverhampton hospitals today.
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HSJ Local
TDA urges trust to go ‘further and faster’ on reconfiguration
FINANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has challenged one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country to move ‘further and faster’ with reconfiguration plans designed to cut costs and improve care.
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News
Labour and Tories promise to block reconfiguration plans
Senior Labour and Conservative health figures have committed to blocking reconfiguration plans if their party wins the general election.
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News
Exclusive: Trusts struggle to achieve weekend standards during weekdays
Hospitals in the East Midlands are struggling to meet new clinical standards for seven day services even during normal weekday hours, according to a region-wide analysis.
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HSJ Local
Southampton fears extra pressure over neighbour’s maternity reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust has expressed concerns that service changes at a neighbouring trust will put more pressure on its maternity services.