Hospitals

This page attempts to collect information relevant to hospital organisation, closures and reconfigurations. The SHA does not in general either support or oppose campaigns to preserve hospitals, but we do try to encourage informed debate. Material about Foundation Hospitals, is on a separate page. There is also a page about NHS Reform.

• Alan Milburn speech May 2002
• Doublespeak of the Darzi review
• The Future Hospital: Hospital Change and Public Value June 2006
• The Future Hospital: The progressive case for change Jan 2007
• The Future Hospital: The politics of change May 2007
• Going for a (virtual Hospital)
• Hospital Episode Statistics
• Hospital governance and community involvement in Britain: evidence from before the National Health Service
• Hospital Trusts (alphabetical list)
• Independent Reconfiguration Panel
• Isolated acute medical services: Report by the Royal College of Physicians June 2002
• The Invention of the Hospital
• Kaiser Permanente
  
• Kidderminster Health Concern
• Labour Reform Conference on Foundation Hospitals September 2003
• Patient Opinion
• Premier Inc
• PROCUREMENT DELAYS TO HOSPITAL PROJECTS COSTING NHS MILLIONS - CBI REPORT 2006
• Acute health care services - Academy of Medical Royal Colleges September 2007
• Strengthening Local Services: The Future of the Local Hospital 2006
• The Case for Hospital Reconfiguration - not proven October 2007

The review of Carry On Nurse asserts: "Haven Hospital is ruled with an iron fist by Matron, and tied up with more red tape than the civil service."

11/10/07