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Paediatric services

Managed clinical networks

S Cropper¹, A Hopper², S A Spencer³

¹ Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, UK
² Partners in Paediatrics, Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Stoke on Trent, UK
³ Women and Children's Division, North Staffs Hospitals NHS Trust, Centre for Science & Technology in Medicine, Keele University

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Spencer, City General Maternity Unit, North Staffordshire Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 6QG, UK;
andy.spencer@nstaffsh.wmids.nhs.uk

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Multilateral collaboration as a basis for the future organisation of paediatric services?

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Keywords: organisation; paediatric services; collaboration; Partners in Paediatrics

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The NHS plan¹ opened by affirming the value placed on the NHS, while also casting a warning shadow: "The NHS is the public service most valued by British people . . . In an age when our lives and jobs are undergoing constant change, it is reassuring to know that the NHS is there and will take care of us in times of need . . . Yet, despite its many achievements, the NHS has failed to keep pace with changes in our society . . ."

Recent experience in the NHS has been of radical organisational change: acute trust mergers; the formation of primary care groups and primary care trusts; changes in commissioning arrangements. As policies set out in the NHS plan are translated into practical effect, changes to the structure and functions of NHS organisations are continuing apace. But the organisation of health service delivery is . . . [Full text of this article]

K Dodd⁴

⁴ Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE, UK

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