title: Reconfiguration: putting the patient first.
abstract: Increasing sub-specialization in the less-common conditions is leading to better outcomes for patients. Yet the way we provide the service has not changed. Is it time to consider doing things differently? Do we need to reconfigure service provision both within and between units?
authors.affiliation: Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. leslie.hamilton@nuth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005060:Europe; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*