All Reconfiguration articles – Page 27
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NewsExclusive: NHS children's services 'not fit for purpose'
The NHS’s failure to reconfigure children’s services, has left it with a model of care not fit for purpose, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCardiology to be merged across Northamptonshire hospitals
STRUCTURE: Cardiology services are set to be merged across Northamptonshire’s two major acute hospital trusts, commissioners have said.
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News'Success regime' will direct struggling areas to new models, Stevens reveals
National officials will create a ‘success regime’ in which struggling areas are directed to move quickly into the new care models proposed in the NHS Five Year Forward View, Simon Stevens has revealed, while warning local leaders against attempts to ‘re-spray’ their existing plans.
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CommentReconfiguration of clinical services is important but insufficient
Hospitals play a minor part in determining outcomes
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NewsExclusive interview: Dalton sets out plan to restart FT pipeline
Sir David Dalton has predicted that ‘every single’ NHS provider in England will be touched by the options for organisational change described in his government commissioned review
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HSJ LocalInvestigation of London A&Es follows department closures
PERFORMANCE: A probe into poor accident and emergency services in north west London has been commissioned by four London local authorities following the controversial closure of two departments.
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NewsAcademic health science networks bid for greater strategic role
The most advanced academic health science networks should play a greater strategic role in service reconfigurations, leading AHSN figures have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeSolve the A&E puzzle for smarter patient care
People often view hospital as ‘best place’ for treatment
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HSJ PartnersDelivering new models of care: a recipe to avoid failure
Transformational change need not fall at the first hurdle
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NewsNHS England restructure: new 'sub region' directors appointed
NHS England has appointed the directors of most of the organisation’s new ‘sub regions’ which are to be created as part of a restructure designed to cut costs by 15 per cent.
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HSJ LocalBeds could go under Somerset community services plans
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a major overhaul of its community services which will see a significant reduction in hospital beds and the potential procurement of an integrated service for patients with long term conditions.
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NewsHunt: I want five years as health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has asked the prime minister to keep him in the health secretary post until 2017, claiming he ‘would be very happy if this is my life’s work’
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HSJ LocalElection delays Worcestershire review of acute services
STRUCTURE: Plans to close a financial hole due to open in Worcestershire acute services’ budget next year have been put on hold until after the May election.
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CommentTalking dirty to the public
Being honest about NHS reform is a political taboo worth breaking
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News'Challenged' areas recovery plans demand integration and reconfiguration
The creation of new integrated provider models and capitated budgets are fundamental to the visions of the national ‘challenged health economies’, HSJ has been told
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NewsNHS England plans specialist radiotherapy overhaul
An overhaul of specialist radiotherapy nationwide could see the number of sites commissioned by NHS England reduced as the body seeks to improve efficiency and access
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NewsTrust special administration process under fire after Mid Staffs' demise
The process established to dissolve Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be overhauled to make it more “financially efficient”, two of the chiefs taking over its services have said
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HSJ Local
Foundation trust 'pauses' development of new hospital
STRCUTURE: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has shelved a plan to build a new hospital until after the next general election.
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HSJ KnowledgeStaff play a big role in delivering merger success
Staff must feel emotionally committed to the change