All DEVON PCT articles – Page 3
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HSJ Local
North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics
PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.
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HSJ Local
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust on course for FT status
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is on course to submit an application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May 2012.
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HSJ Local
Devon Partnership Trust FT application imminent
STRUCTURE: Devon Partnership Trust is due to submit its application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May this year.
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HSJ Local
'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon
STRUCTURE: NHS Devon is to join with two neighbouring primary care trusts to form a cluster covering the whole of “historic Devon”.
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HSJ Local
Torbay Care Trust commissioning staff to transfer to NHS Devon
WORKFORCE: Commissioning staff from Torbay Care Trust will be transferred to NHS Devon until the NHS Commissioning board is in place and GPs take over local commissioning.
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HSJ Local
NHS Devon teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Devon is planning to work with neighbouring primary care trusts to re-procure elective services under the “any willing provider” model.
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HSJ Local
NHS Devon underspending on corporate costs
FINANCE: NHS Devon has underspent on corporate costs by more than £500,000 so far this year.
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HSJ Local
NHS Devon moves ahead with plans for provider arm
STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has de-prioritised the transfer of NHS Devon’s provider arms.
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NewsLondon trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
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NewsSHAs contrast sharply on community proposals
The Transforming Community Services programme is taking primary care in different directions at opposite ends of the country, research by HSJ shows.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use predictive risk modelling in healthcare
Mathematical modelling can help predict risk of hospital admission in a given population, writes Daloni Carlisle
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News‘Clunky’ GP contracts raise questions on quality
There are huge variations in what different PCTs pay for the same services, yet there is no detectable correlation between cost and quality or patient satisfaction. Sally Gainsbury looks at why commissioning has not yet addressed these stark contrasts
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NewsCornwall PCT looks for leader as another chief goes
Cornwall’s primary care trust and hospital trust are both looking for new chief executives.
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NewsAmbulance services: urgent attention for non-emergency care
Complex forces at work in urgent care mean too many costly ambulance trips are being taken by non-emergency patients. Dave West analyses the figures and looks at the explanations
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS must look after its hidden workers
Carers play a central role in many healthcare users’ lives. Although services are recognising that they must be valued and supported, there is much more to be done to ensure this unpaid workforce’s wellbeing
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NewsChanges at the top at Devon and Hampshire PCTs
The chief executive of Devon primary care trust has resigned to take up a new post in New Zealand.
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NewsNurses back NHS operating theatre initiative
A programme that encourages operating theatre staff to work as a multi-disciplinary team can save time and improve the working lives of staff, according to health experts and nurses.
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Care Quality Commission completes its management team
The Care Quality Commission has filled the remaining director posts on its senior management team.
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Ex-BBC boss joins national leadership council
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.
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NewsFoundation trusts challenged to use freedoms
The foundation trust sector is celebrating its achievements in the five years since its creation - but NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said the trusts have much more to do.