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Stafford Hospital NHS trust to be dissolved | Stafford Hospital NHS trust to be dissolved |
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The trust that runs the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital is to be dissolved. | The trust that runs the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital is to be dissolved. |
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been in administration since April when services were deemed "unsustainable" by the health watchdog Monitor. | The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been in administration since April when services were deemed "unsustainable" by the health watchdog Monitor. |
The Trust Special Administrators' (TSA) final recommendations have been published in its report. | The Trust Special Administrators' (TSA) final recommendations have been published in its report. |
Control of Stafford Hospital will go to University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Cannock Hospital will be run by Royal Wolverhampton Trust. | Control of Stafford Hospital will go to University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Cannock Hospital will be run by Royal Wolverhampton Trust. |
Under the recommendations, maternity services at Stafford Hospital will be downgraded rather than closed. | |
A new midwife-led maternity unit will be created that will be capable of delivering half the number of babies. More difficult births will be dealt with at University Hospital of North Staffordshire. | |
Paediatric assessment will still take place at the hospital by specialist staff, in conjunction with A&E, and critical patients will be allowed to stay overnight in Stafford as long as the appropriate staff are on duty. | Paediatric assessment will still take place at the hospital by specialist staff, in conjunction with A&E, and critical patients will be allowed to stay overnight in Stafford as long as the appropriate staff are on duty. |
The administrators said the retention of extra services would mean a greater deficit than would have been the case in the draft report released in July. | |
The trust has made significant improvements over the past two to three years and is currently clinically safe but "highly fragile", the TSA said. | The trust has made significant improvements over the past two to three years and is currently clinically safe but "highly fragile", the TSA said. |
It is thought Cannock and Stafford hospitals will have been taken over by autumn next year, BBC reporter Phil Mackie said. | It is thought Cannock and Stafford hospitals will have been taken over by autumn next year, BBC reporter Phil Mackie said. |
The health watchdog Monitor has 20 working days from Tuesday, 17 December to consider the final report. | The health watchdog Monitor has 20 working days from Tuesday, 17 December to consider the final report. |
If approved, it will be passed to the secretary of state who will have a period of 30 working days to announce his final decision. | If approved, it will be passed to the secretary of state who will have a period of 30 working days to announce his final decision. |
It would take three years, from the secretary of state's agreement, to implement proposed changes at a total cost of £220m. | It would take three years, from the secretary of state's agreement, to implement proposed changes at a total cost of £220m. |
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust provides healthcare for people in Stafford, Cannock, Rugeley and the surrounding areas, covering a total population of about 275,000 people. | The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust provides healthcare for people in Stafford, Cannock, Rugeley and the surrounding areas, covering a total population of about 275,000 people. |
'Massive fudge' | 'Massive fudge' |
Trust special administrator Alan Bloom said the trust's current deficit was £20m a year and if nothing was done, that deficit would have risen to £40m a year. | Trust special administrator Alan Bloom said the trust's current deficit was £20m a year and if nothing was done, that deficit would have risen to £40m a year. |
Mr Bloom said: "We now have a plan for the future where 90% of patients that currently use Cannock and Stafford hospitals will continue to do so." | Mr Bloom said: "We now have a plan for the future where 90% of patients that currently use Cannock and Stafford hospitals will continue to do so." |
Cheryl Porter, from the Support Stafford Hospital campaign group, said she was "not shocked" by the recommendation, which she described as "a massive fudge". | Cheryl Porter, from the Support Stafford Hospital campaign group, said she was "not shocked" by the recommendation, which she described as "a massive fudge". |
She said: "The deficit has still not been brought down and the hard work of staff has been ignored." | She said: "The deficit has still not been brought down and the hard work of staff has been ignored." |
Stafford Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy said he was meeting the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, later on Wednesday. | Stafford Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy said he was meeting the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, later on Wednesday. |
He said: "I have real concerns about children's services and paediatrics. | He said: "I have real concerns about children's services and paediatrics. |
"We need 24/7 cover to take in all ill children - the most ill would still go to Stoke and Birmingham, but Stafford needs to be able to take children to assess them and keep them overnight if needed." | "We need 24/7 cover to take in all ill children - the most ill would still go to Stoke and Birmingham, but Stafford needs to be able to take children to assess them and keep them overnight if needed." |
Although it is not within their power, the administrators agreed Stafford Hospital ought to be renamed. | Although it is not within their power, the administrators agreed Stafford Hospital ought to be renamed. |
The Royal College of Midwives welcomed the TSAs' inclusion of a new recommendation for a midwife-led maternity unit at Stafford in its final report. |