All Reconfiguration articles – Page 32
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HSJ KnowledgeThe powerful patient: Their voice has the potential to inspire real change
Feedback and ideas from patients are worth listening to
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NewsUniversity Hospitals Birmingham 'partners' with trust 150 miles away
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is to partner with a struggling FT more than 150 miles away in a bid to help the organisation make desperately needed improvements.
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HSJ KnowledgeHeatherwood-Frimley Park shows the way through merger process
Pass the test of the law
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SupplementsDalton review roundtable: chains and other choices
Hospital chains are not the only option for new provider models in the acute sector
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CommentCommitment to change the NHS must come from within
Place more emphasis on learning best practice
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LeaderStevens’ nuanced view of change challenges cultural conventions
NHS England has to take more risks
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NewsShake up of Greater Manchester services backed by city's CCGs
Greater Manchester’s CCGs have submitted proposals to NHS England for public consultation on a major shake up of general surgery and emergency care
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CommentCentralisation is crucial to achieve better care locally
The politics must be taken out of the NHS
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NewsSimon Stevens' first interview: the transcript
In in HSJ’s in-depth interview, the NHS England chief executive talks about small hospitals, service reform, NHS funding, competition and much more
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HSJ Local
Second challenge to Mid Staffs downgrade
STRUCTURE: A second attempt to challenge in court the government’s decision to downgrade services at Stafford Hopsital has been launched this week.
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News
Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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HSJ LocalHunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has given the go ahead for a controversial shake-up of maternity services in North Yorkshire which was opposed by a cabinet colleague, according to local councillor.
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NewsMid Staffs downgrade could face judicial review
The Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Stafford is seeking a judicial review of the decision to downgrade the town’s hospital.
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HSJ Local
Joint pathology hub proposed for north west London trusts
STRUCTURE: Four trusts in North West London are considering forming a joint pathology hub that will follow the hub and spoke model recommended by the Carter Review.
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration at East Sussex complete
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of services at East Sussex Healthcare Trust is now complete following the centralisation of emergency and high risk orthopaedic services at Conquest Hospital in Hastings last week.
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.
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Comment'We must make public consultations more meaningful'
They are an impediment to implementation
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HSJ LocalHeatherwood and Frimley Park merger is given go ahead
The proposed acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust by Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority, the watchdog has announced.
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HSJ Local
Merger proposed between Surrey trusts
Two foundation trusts in Surrey have announced a proposed merger to offer more specialist services and to establish a major emergency centre on one of the sites.