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STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced it needs to redesign its maternity and obstetric services "immediately" as a result of changes to the national tariff.
The trust has just agreed a contract with its commissioners following an arbitration process overseen by NHS England and the NHS Trust Development Authority. The agreement will see the trust and the North, East and West Devon Clinical Commissioning Group split the £2.2m loss as a result of the new maternity pathway payments which were made mandatory for 2013-14.
In a press release...