All Reconfiguration articles – Page 61
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HSJ Local
Bristol looks toward united future for histopathology
STRUCTURE: “Significant progress” has been made towards the development of a single histopathology service for Bristol, following a joint appointment between North Bristol Trust and University Hospital Bristol Foundation Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeBattling the elements: how one trust's fight for foundation status holds valuable lessons
Despite winter snow and a flu outbreak, a high profile trust reorganisation was pushed through in order to start addressing debt problems, low performance and poor service design. Their commitment may result in the rescuing of the trust’s goal of foundation status, as Daloni Carlisle reports.
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HSJ Local
Half of London's non-FTs need 'merger, reconfiguration or both'
STRUCTURE: The head of provider development told NHS London’s board in March that only half of the acute trusts in the capital “had a reasonable prospect of achieving FT status by April 2014 as they were”.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire learning disability trust plans merger
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust has been working with the South Central strategic health authority to enter into a merger and acquisition process.
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CommentLondon trusts encouraged by delayed 'drop dead' date for FT status
So what does the slackening off of the pressure behind the foundation trust pipeline mean for London, the most stubborn of regions in resisting an all-FT health service?
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HSJ Local
London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
STRUCTURE: A London commissioning consortium has complained to the Co-operation and Competition Panel about a merger that would create the biggest provider organisation in England.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury FT seeks major trauma unit status
STRUCTURE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has launched a bid to be designated as a major trauma unit, in line with the implementation of the national trauma strategy.
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HSJ Local
Derby City gets go-ahead for service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City’s cluster has formally approved a service reconfiguration plan for a walk in centre and an “open access centre”.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow public involvement was a foundation for improving healthcare delivery in Hertfordshire
Meeting the public everywhere from scout huts to traveller sites has been a vital component of modernising provision in Hertfordshire. Nick Carver and colleagues explain.
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HSJ Local
Delay to Oxford Radcliffe merger with Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has been delayed until the autumn.
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HSJ Local
North Tees plans urgent care centre move
STRUCTURE: Minor injuries services will move from the accident and emergency department at the University Hospital of Hartlepool to an urgent care centre, called One Life Hartlepool, on 2 August.
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HSJ KnowledgeUnited front: why leadership is vital to a successful merger
A shared vision with three critical tests decided on by the various leaders involved is critical to calming the choppy waters of a merger, writes Graham Atkins.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands major trauma centre review begins
STRUCTURE: A review of major trauma centres in the West Midlands has been launched, with one of the options under consideration being a single unit serving the whole region.
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NewsLocal authorities to have 'formal role' in authorising Clinical Commissioning Groups
Local authority health and wellbeing boards will have a formal role in authorising consortia, the coalition response to the Future Forum has said.
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CommentThe government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options
Huge strides have been taken to offer NHS patients a choice of different providers, but there is now a real chance of a backwards step under the coalition government, says management consultant Paul Corrigan.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire bed closure plan stalls
STRUCTURE: A plan to reduce the number of beds at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust stalled when it was forced to re-open a ward.
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HSJ Local
Date approaches for Royal Brompton legal challenge over service review
STRUCTURE: The Royal Brompton & Harefield Foundation Trust will on July 14 apply for permission for a judicial review of the proposal to end paediatric cardiac surgery at the trust.
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HSJ Local
North Tees hospitals behind on planned bed closures
FINANCE: North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s moves to reduce hospital bed capacity are slightly behind plan.
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HSJ Local
Results of Western Sussex reconfiguration consultation due next month
STRUCTURE: Responses to a consultation over the planned reconfiguration of ophthalmology and orthopaedic services are currently being analysed, with results expected next month.
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HSJ Local
SW London cluster considers hospital pathology and pharmacy consolidation
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster has launched a clinically-led review of services across the health economy and said consolidation options were being looked at across its acute trusts.