"There are limitations on some areas for transportation… we are working with local authority colleagues," Kane said.
The organizational alignment will also introduce uniform employment terms to streamline internal recruitment and reduce administrative overhead.
"It means for our 28,000 staff… we will be making sure there is fair pay, parity, far more opportunity to work right across our range of vacancies… we now allow people to just passport between all parts of the trust, so we're saving actually quite a lot of training hours," Kane said.
Addressing regional disparities in medical wait times and clinical results represents a primary objective for the restructured trust.
"There was a concern… about a postcode lottery, real difference in access times, [and] in outcomes… I'm really pleased to say we've done some fantastic work… levelling up and getting much better services for patients across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire," Kane said.
A comprehensive assessment of patient transit routes and care pathways is currently underway to guide structural decisions.
"There's lots of things to take into consideration… we are looking at patient pathways, travel distances, modes of transport, what people need," Kane said.
The trust plans to achieve significant financial efficiencies over five years to support localized preventative medicine initiatives.
"We have a very big savings target over five years, £37 million, which we are hoping to be able to save and reinvest in services outside the hospital to help deliver the 10 year NHS plan… about prevention, about care outside hospital, and about better digital delivery of services," Kane said.
