All Reconfiguration articles – Page 48
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HSJ Local
Southampton will keep children's heart surgery
STRUCTURE: Children’s heart surgery services will be kept at the University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust after a national reconfiguration programme recommended three other units in England lose their services.
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NewsChildren's heart surgery to end at Royal Brompton
Managers at a hospital at the centre of a bitter legal row over plans to streamline paediatric heart services said they were baffled at Wednesday’s decision to stop it performing heart surgery on children.
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: why the NHS and local government jigsaw can fit together this time
There have been many attempts to bring the NHS and local government closer together.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs draws up formal partnership with neighbour
STRUCTURE: A memorandum of understanding between the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and its larger neighbour the University Hospital of North Staffordshire is set to be approved by both hospital boards this week.
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HSJ Local
NW London launches consultation on major service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS North West London has launched a consultation into a major shake-up of services across its eight boroughs.
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NewsRevealed: DH warnings to pipeline laggards
Delays and failure revealed in warning letters sent after trusts fall behind in attempts to achieve foundation trust status.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital trust announces it is seeking merger partner to make FT status
Barnet and Chase Farms Hospitals Trust has announced it is seeking a merger partner to become a foundation trust.
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NewsLansley: I'll back commissioners leading the case for change
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said care settings will only “rarely” have to be closed but insisted he will back commissioners who show leadership and take difficult decisions on reconfiguration.
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NewsVascular services set for major reconfiguration
A major shake-up in vascular services is planned for the East of England, with several hospitals set to lose work.
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NewsGovernment action on South London Healthcare a 'signal of intent'
The government has been praised for beginning to “grasp the nettle” on downgrading hospital services in troubled health economies.
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HSJ Local
East Lancashire eyes ‘new market’ as result of Manchester maternity reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of maternity services across Greater Manchester may open up a “new market” for East Lancashire’s Burnley General Hospital, trust board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Mid Yorks begins talks on reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has begun talks on major service change with its local commissioners, stakeholder and community.
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NewsFailure regime looms as trust faces bankruptcy
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has this evening begun the process of placing an NHS trust in administration for the first time, which would effectively declare it bankrupt.
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NewsNicholson: Politicians should be honest about service change needed
Sir David Nicholson has called for politicians to be “honest” about the “nature and scale” of service change required in the NHS because of the spending squeeze.
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NewsLansley: 'I don't think hospitals will close'
It is unlikely any whole hospitals will need to close as a result of the huge efficiency savings required in the NHS, the health secretary has said.
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CommentThe brave new world of managed failure
Increased power means Monitor will have a fight on its hands.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire bosses set out reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Initial proposals for acute sector reconfiguration in Berkshire are proposing a new surgical hospital at Heatherwood, to be paid for by selling off surplus land.
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NewsExclusive: London chief executive regrets 'compromise' that created biggest deficit trust
The chief executive of NHS London Ruth Carnall has told HSJ she regrets the “compromise” that created South London Healthcare Trust in its current form.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: a new shape for acute services in north Kent
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine how acute providers in north Kent are being reshaped to ensure long term viability for acute services in the region.
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SupplementsFacing up to failure: an HSJ roundtable debate
What will, and should, happen to struggling trusts in the next few yeard? Will politicians step in to tackle failure? Should poor providers go under? This passionate HSJ debate looks at one of the toughest questions facing the NHS.