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Liverpool hospitals merger plan unveiled
A merger of the Royal Liverpool and Aintree University hospitals has been proposed in the draft Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Merseyside and Cheshire.
Addressing a potential funding gap of £908 million in the area by 2021, Louise Shepherd, who is chief executive of Alder Hey Children's Hospital and led the work, said the ‘intention would be to try and bring the two organisations together’, but ‘what that actually means for services is still to be determined’.
The plan suggests merging the Royal, Aintree and Liverpool Women's Hospital into one new trust by April 2018. Southport and Ormskirk Trust, which runs Southport and Formby Hospital A&E, is also considering ‘new models of A&E’, which would instigate reduced opening hours.
Merseyside and Cheshire is the second largest footprint in the country, incorporating Knowsley, Sefton, Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington, Wirral. This follows NHS England splitting the country into 44 geographic areas, each of which must produce a five-year sustainability and transformation plan.
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