All Reconfiguration articles – Page 44
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Cost revealed of PR battle over children's heart surgery
The public relations battle between the NHS and trusts that stood to lose services under the national reconfiguration of paediatric heart surgery cost nearly three-quarters of a million pounds, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire plans acute service restructure
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals trust is planning restructure local services care in a bid to cut delayed discharges.
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HSJ Local
Thousands attend rally on hospital cuts
STRUCTURE: Around 2,000 people have taken part in a protest against planned changes to acute services in Worcestershire.
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HSJ Local
Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
STRUCTURE: Leeds Children’s Hospital – part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – has been named one of four national centres for children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in a collaboration with Bradford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Financial crisis at Peterborough and Stamford
This briefing looks at how to address the anticipated financial deficit of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Kent acutes given more time to provide merger evidence
STRUCTURE: Two acute trusts that are seeking to merge have been given more time by the Cooperation and Competition Panel to provide information to support their case.
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HSJ Local
Sussex trust fights back over reconfig plan criticism
STRUCTURE: A Sussex acute and community trust has fought back following criticism of its reconfiguration plans from its own consultants and two local campaign groups backed by the media.
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HSJ Local
Mental health shake-up mooted for Kent
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Kent have set out plans to reconfigure services for mental health patients experiencing a “crisis”, after a review identified weaknesses with the current layout.
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HSJ Local
Paediatric review suggests changes at Morecambe Bay maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Restricting University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s troubled Furness General Hospital maternity unit to low-risk births could help take pressure off of its stretched paediatric services, an external review has advised.
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NewsSutton GPs oppose downgrade of local hospital
GPs are opposing a proposed downgrade of accident and emergency and maternity services at St Helier Hospital in south London, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Healthcare seeks to ‘clarify’ future of services
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has issued a statement in order to “clarify” its plans for the future configuration of its stroke, orthopaedics and general surgery departments.
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NewsMonitor drops controversial credit rating plan
Future healthcare sector regulator Monitor has scrapped many of the controversial restrictions it had proposed placing on providers of essential NHS services, including debt caps, external credit ratings, and curbs on dividend payments.
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HSJ LocalBristol acutes to merge
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have agreed to work towards a merger, potentially creating an organisation with an annual turnover of almost £1 billion.
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HSJ Local
Beds may seek partner for FT bid
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Bedford Hospital Trust has said the organisation has to keep open all options on the road to foundation trust status – including working with a partner.
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NewsBoards approve case for £2.1bn merger
The boards of three foundation trusts in London have agreed a strategic outline case for a merger that would create the largest trust in England.
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NewsMorecambe Bay faces loss of vascular services
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust could lose up to £2m a year through commissioner plans to transfer its complex vascular surgery work to another trust, its board was warned last week.
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HSJ Local
Friarage recommendations due in September
STRUCTURE: Final recommendations on controversial plans to reconfigure children’s and maternity services at Friarage Hospital are due to be announced in September.
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NewsRoyal Free 'strongest candidate' to take over Barnet and Chase Farm
Senior sources have told HSJ that The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is the best candidate to take over Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the options for Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust as it seeks a merger partner.
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HSJ Local
Review team meets with Worcestershire campaigners
STRUCTURE: Senior doctors and managers leading a review of acute services in Worcestershire have met with campaigners from the Save the Alex group.