The dos and don'ts of NHS reconfiguration Many of the proposed changes to health services are hugely controversial. How can NHS bodies ensure a legal challenge doesn't stop a reorganisation in its tracks?
Across the country, commissioners and providers face escalating demand for services, increasing scrutiny of quality and flatlining funding. From root-and-branch reviews of acute, community and mental health services to proposals to relocate or close a single service, clinical commissioning groups, trusts and foundation trusts are making daily decisions that will shape the services available to their communities.
Many of these changes can be hugely controversial. It takes only one determined individual or a small number forming a campaign group to bring a legal challenge. Whatever the outcome of that challenge, it can stop a reconfiguration in its tracks, leading to months of delay and significant legal costs.Continue reading... The Guardian
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