Secretary of State publishes decision on South London Healthcare NHS Trust

Source: Department of Health (DH) Area: News The Trust Special Administrator was appointed in July 2012 to make recommendations to the Secretary of State on the future of South London Healthcare NHS Trust. The broad recommendations of the report have been accepted, which are:   . the trust will be dissolved, with each of its hospitals taken over by a neighbouring hospital trust- these mergers are subject to approval from the relevant regulators.   . all 3 hospitals within South London Healthcare NHS Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, Queen Mary's in Sidcup and the Princess Royal in Bromley - will be required to make the full £74.9 million of efficiencies identified by the Trust Special Administrator.   . all vacant or poorly utilised premises will be vacated, and sold where possible, the Department of Health will pay for the excess costs of the PFI buildings at the Queen Elizabeth and Princess Royal Hospitals and write off the accumulated debt of the trust so that the ...
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