All CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY PCT articles – Page 2
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NewsSerco out-of-hours service failing four CQC standards
A GP out-of-hours service run by Serco was understaffed and possibly overstating its performance, an investigation by the Care Quality Commission has found.
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NewsPreferred providers for NHS 111 announced in the south west
NHS Direct has been named as the preferred provider to deliver the new non-emergency NHS 111 phone number to almost 1.5m residents in the south west.
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Public pressure led to PCT inspection, MP claims
PERFORMANCE: Pressure from patients and politicians helped to create a review of the out-of-hours medical service offered to people in Cornwall, according to an MP.
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Royal Cornwall fined £130,000
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been fined £46,000 for breaches of rules on mixed sex accommodation and £85,525 for ambulance handover times longer than 15 minutes.
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Cornwall ordered to pay £70,000 CHC costs
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has been found liable for almost £70,000 of Continuing Healthcare Funding for care of a patient dating back to 2006.
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Royal Cornwall pursues AQP opportunity
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to make a submission to become a qualified provider of imaging services in Cornwall when the primary care trust opens them up under the any qualified provider policy.
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NHS Plymouth issues contract notice over A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Plymouth has issued Plymouth Hospitals Trust with a contract performance notice, after the trust failed to meet the four hour accident and emergency target during February and March.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall patients request alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: In 2011-12 41 patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust invoked their rights under the NHS Consititution to request treatment at an alternative provider.
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust struggles with 18 week backlog
PERFORMANCE: Almost 1,000 patients at Plymouth Hospitals Trust had been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at the end of March.
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HSJ Local
Peninsula Community Health exceeds C diff limit
PERFORMANCE: Peninsula Community Health has has twice as many cases of Clostridium difficile as its agreed limit during 2011-12.
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Cornwall and IOS target GP performance to release savings
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is predicting a project working with GP practices with high levels of non-elective admissions will release £3m of savings in 2012-13.
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Shelagh McCormick has been appointed medical director at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
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Isles of Scilly to get unique primary care contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is seeking to procure a single accountable provoider to hold contracts for primary care and pharmaceutical services on the Isles of Scilly.
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NHS Cornwall suffers 'teething problems'
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly suffered “teething problems” after it transferred its financial processing and ledger operations to NHS Shared Business Service.
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Six Cornwall CCGs merge to become two - including one of the largest in England
STRUCTURE: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT GPs are now proposing two clinical commissioning groups, down from an initial six practice based commissioning groups.
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NHS Cornwall slipping on QIPP
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is seeing a worrying slippage on QIPP schemes in both acute and primary care.
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Two soft tissue sarcoma surgery sites for Cornwall
STRUCTURE: Services for adult patients with soft tissue sarcomas are to be provided at two centres in the South West Peninsula - rather than being concentrated on just one site.
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News30th annual HSJ Awards winners revealed
The 30th HSJ Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, recognising trusts and organisations for outstanding excellence in healthcare service and innovation across 18 key health categories.
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HSJ Local
Serco wins £32m Cornwall OOH contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has awarded Serco a five year contract for the provision of out of hours services worth £32m.
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Cornwall names AQP services
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have decided to open up adult primary care psychological therapies, musculo-skeletal services for back and neck pain and community adult hearing services to any qualified provider.
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