Hospital trusts say the collaborative model could help them tackle large-scale challenges.
Three hospitals could join under one chief executive to increase the speed of decision making and ease financial challenges.
The three acute hospitals are James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn. The change was also intended to ease financial challenges, with only staff at executive levels affected.Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was found to have the second highest number ofThe roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is currently being propped up byThe three trusts said: "A group model would strengthen the power of our collaboration, enabling us to optimise efficiency across our three hospitals while at the same time improving patient care and outcomes.
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