We have no intention of being unreasonable, we realise it will impact on patient services.
However, there is concern patient services will suffer if the trust continues in its current form.
The trust said it was open to discussions to halt the strike but would not compromise patient services.
East Berkshire is due to be left without mental health in-patient services in a bid to save money.
Ms. BARBARA FELIX (Coordinator for International Patient Services, University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona): I don't think it's any better.
In the 1990s health maintenance organisations (HMOs) used primary-care doctors to co-ordinate patient services and try to lower spending.
Mr Morgan said he wanted to get patient services right and improve performance.
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David Wakefield, the newly appointed trust chairman, said patient services were safe.
He said patient services would run as normal during the strike action.
"We remain open to any discussions which will negate the need for staff to take industrial action but we will not compromise on providing patient services, " said Mr Briggs.
Several options are being considered, but the trust has said its preferred plan is to have consultant-led obstetric services, neonatal services including the special care baby unit, in-patient paediatric services and emergency gynaecology services at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
Patient transport services make non-urgent ambulance trips, such as taking people to hospital appointments.
In south Devon, the trust that runs Torbay Hospital provides patient transport services.
Outpatient appointments at hospitals in Sheffield and Barnsley have also been affected by the snow, with the cancellation of non-urgent patient transport services.
It also houses patient transport services and the trust's central stores.
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of SANE, said her own visits to in-patient and community services had confirmed the picture painted by the survey.
Michael Watt Christie (Stonehaven, Kincardineshire) - For services to patient welfare at Woodend Hospital, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
James More Bell , JP (Airdrie, Lanarkshire) - For services to patient care in Lanarkshire.
Catherine Euphemia Simpson Burgess (Campsie Glen, Dunbartonshire) - For services to Patient Welfare at Lennox Castle Hospital, Dunbartonshire.
They are to be replaced with Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services, which will be run by health trust employees.
Helen Elizabeth Wyllie , Chairman, League of Hospital Friends, Inverclyde Royal Hospital (Greenock, Renfrewshire) - For services to Patient Welfare.
Non-Executive Trustee, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust (Knightswood, Glasgow) - For services to Patient Care and to the community.
It is now time to base services in the community, to pool budgets and design services around the patient.
If a patient or family demands additional services, they should purchase the insurance separately that will pay for it.
Detainees are offered annual physicals, in-patient and out-patient treatment, and interpreter services.
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It entails a different approach to life, death, health and illness, and a different view of the doctor-patient relationship, of health services and of risk factors.
Staff at Eastbourne District General Hospital have met NHS bosses over proposals to downgrade services amid claims that patient care will suffer.
In such a case, the priority groups would be pregnant women, health care and emergency services workers with direct patient contact, household contacts of children younger than 6 months, children age 6 months to 4 years and children younger than 19 with chronic medical conditions -- a total of 42 million people.
Without the wedge of insurance between patient and provider for less expensive routine services, people would have an incentive to tailor their behavior in favor of preventive care.
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