An independent report recommended closing the unit and transferring all services to a hospital in Middlesbrough.

BBC: North Yorkshire and York NHS Trust faces ?10m budget cuts

They have stopped inefficient unit growth, even closing stores, and are investing to improve distribution, IT capabilities, and their factory outlet system.

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Managers there, who lost a legal challenge to keep the unit open, had claimed closing it could put the entire hospital at risk.

BBC: The Royal Brompton Hospital