Activists fight against changes to Dorset’s healthcare structure
Full story at DorsetEcho 30 April 2018 Dorset’s new healthcare structure has come under fire from campaigners who fear the … Read more
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£147 reconfiguration plan pushed back due to legal challenge
Full Story at HSJ 11 April 2018 Plans to split two hospitals into emergency and elective care centres as part … Read more
Dorset NHS hospital shake-up plans face judicial review
Full story in BBC News, 6 March 2018 A decision to reorganise Dorset NHS hospital services is to face a … Read more
Go-ahead given to support 15 STP areas with £325m capital investment
The Department of Health (DH) and NHS England have finally revealed that 15 high-performing STP areas will be given a share … Read more
Simon Stevens names the first ‘accountable care systems’
Simon Stevens has announced the first eight “accountable care systems”, saying they will be given control of up to £450m … Read more
Revealed: what public thinks about plans to shake-up NHS in Dorset
HEALTH chiefs are being urged to address the ‘many concerns’ over its controversial plans to shake-up the NHS in Dorset. … Read more
“Sickening”: vital healthcare workers who ease hospital bed crisis could be axed in £400k council cuts
“SICKENING, outrageous and ironic.” Those are the words of devastated healthcare workers who face redundancy despite providing vital acute care … Read more
‘This feels totally wrong’: Poole Hospital governors response to controversial health plans
“This feels totally wrong.” Those are the words of governors from Poole Hospital who have filed a damning response to health … Read more
Where mental health spending misses national target
Four sustainability and transformation plan regions have failed to raise mental health spending as mandated by national leaders, HSJ can reveal. Data … Read more
Revealed: the NHS plan to close, consolidate or ‘reshape’ 11 maternity units
Eleven maternity and neonatal units across England face closure, consolidation or ‘reshaping’ under plans to transform obstetrics care in the … Read more