Bristol NHS Foundation Trust – Page 20
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HSJ Local
UHBristol sells land to Pieminister
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has sold four acres of land to local firm Pieminister for a seven figure sum.
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Monitor warns of risks to Yeovil's plans
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has judged Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is a “high risk” due to recent personnel changes and lack of financial headroom.
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NewsIT problems in Bristol threaten delivery of QIPP plans
Problems with new patient administration systems are threatening the delivery of QIPP plans.
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NewsNorth Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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UHBristol fails to treat colo-rectal cancer patients sensitively
PERFORMANCE: A fifth of cancer patients at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust felt they were not told about their diagnosis senstively enough, the result of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey for 2011-12 reveal.
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North Bristol Trust cancer patients complain of cancelled procedures
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust was in the worst performing 20 per cent of trusts for changing admission dates for cancer patients, according to the results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey for 2011-12.
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New £33m community hospital gets go ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has approved the full business case for a £33m community hospital rebuild.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: A&E performance in Bristol
This HSJ Local Briefing looks at how to reverse a decline in performance at Bristol’s A&E departments.
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HSJ LocalBristol acutes to merge
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have agreed to work towards a merger, potentially creating an organisation with an annual turnover of almost £1 billion.
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CQC flags compliance risk at UHBristol
WORKFORCE: A Care Quality Commission inspection of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust flagged concerns the trust did not have sufficient staff.
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HSJ Local
Bristol urology reconfiguration moving ahead
STRUCTURE: Urology services in Bristol are on course to be centralised at North Bristol Trust by the end of the year.
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HSJ Local
Increase in anxiety drives rise in sickness absence
WORKFORCE: Anxiety, stress and depression levels are rising among staff at Univeristy Hospitals Bristol, contributing to a higher than planned level of sickness absence.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol outsources work to bring waiting list under control
COMMERCIAL: North Bristol Trust is outsourcing £1.6m of surgical work in order to meet performance on the 18-week referral to treatment target.
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HSJ Local
Plans for new North Somerset Hospital unaffordable
FINANCE: Plans for a new £13m community hospital have been shelved due to the “changing financial circumstances” of the NHS, it has been announced.
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North Bristol Trust management criticised over new IT system
North Bristol Trust’s management failed to recognise the scale of change involved in switching to a new patient record system, leading to months of chaos in theatres and outpatients, an independent review has found.
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HSJ Local
NHS South Gloucestershire pilots reablement with partners
STUCTURE: NHS South Gloucestershire is working with South Gloucestershire Council and local older people’s charity Brunelcare to pilot a new reablement service.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol fails stroke target
PERFORMANCE: Just 74.2 per cent of stroke patients at North Bristol Trust spent 90 per cent of their time on a stroke unit in April against a target of 80 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Bristol pathology plans approved
STRUCTURE: Plans to consolidate pathology services in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire have won the backing of the national clinical director for pathology.
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NewsChildren's heart surgery to end at Royal Brompton
Managers at a hospital at the centre of a bitter legal row over plans to streamline paediatric heart services said they were baffled at Wednesday’s decision to stop it performing heart surgery on children.
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Retail outlets to bring in a profit for Bristol trust
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has been granted planning permission for a “welcome centre” at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.