All GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Night time service shake-up for Cheltenham Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to shake up the night time services it provides at Cheltenham General Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire Hospitals removed from breach
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been removed from significant breach by Monitor after more than three years.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire hospitals behind plan on deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had a deficit of £0.9m at the end of July, £0.6m worse than planned at this point in the year.
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HSJ Local
Cancer patients report too few nurses at Gloucestershire Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Almost half of cancer patients at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust thought there were not always enough nurses on duty, according to the results of the National Cancer Patient Experience survey.
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HSJ Local
Four SW trusts sign up to research on admissions
RESEARCH: Four acute trusts in the South West are taking part in a study that aims to identify how decision making and clinical experience can reduce unnecessary admissions.
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HSJ Local
Private provider to deal with Gloucestershire Hospitals test backlog
PERFORMANCE: An independent provider has been commissioned to run weekend lists for endoscopies after Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust repeatedly breached the target.
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HSJ Local
A&E performance improves at Glos Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency standard has improved “significantly” at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust following an intervention by Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire builds £7.7m radiotherapy unit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has approved plans for a £7.7m satellite radiotherapy unit to be built on the site of Hereford Hospital.
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Comment
Will a South West community services court case be a pyrrhic victory?
After the dust settles on Michael Lloyd versus NHS Gloucestershire, will campaigners find they have actually won a pyrrhic victory in their bid to keep the county’s community services in the NHS?
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HSJ Local
Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire to be centralised
STRUCTURE: Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire are to be centralised at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital from summer 2012.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire performs poorly on stroke
PERFORMANCE: Just 52.4 per cent of stroke patients treated in the area covered by NHS Gloucestershire spend 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke unit against a target of 80 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Endoscopy waits under scrutiny at Gloucestershire acute trust
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had 96 people waiting more than six weeks for endoscopy at the end of September.
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HSJ Local
QIPP posing problem for NHS Gloucestershire
FINANCE: NHS Gloucestershire is predicting a £6.3m overspend with Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust at year-end - although the overspend could be as high as £9m if quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings do not materialise.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire fails four hour A&E standard
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing the four hour accident and emergency target.
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Comment
Patchy progress on reducing acute activty in the South West
Progress towards achieving the holy grail of acute activity reduction is patchy across the South West, with varying effects on trust finances.
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HSJ Local
Referrals fall in Gloucestershire
PERFORMANCE: GP and consultant to consultant referrals have fallen by three and six per cent respectively at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire Hospitals FT reports on risks to savings plans
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is reporting a high risk it will not achieve its £20m savings plan and has yet to fully identify almost a third of the target.
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HSJ Local
NHS Gloucestershire oversees changes following death of a child
PERFORMANCE: NHS Gloucestershire Care Services has introduced changes to protocols for its health visitor, mental health and substance misuse services following the death of a 14-month child.
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News
Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
Foundation trusts have secured loans worth more than £1bn from the Department of Health, HSJ can reveal, prompting concern about the impact of increased debts on foundation trust independence.