STRUCTURE: Devon Partnership Trust is due to submit its application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May this year.
However, according to a report to the board of NHS Devon, it has been “judged to have quality/financial performance issues requiring external support to make ready for foundation trust status”.
2 March 2011
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
Wes Streeting today announced a “national investigation” into maternity care at up to 10 trusts which will report by Christmas.
NHS England’s new “provider improvement programme” is expected to cover about 15 trusts which will have to pay for NHSE’s interventions themselves, HSJ has learned.
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