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HSJ Local
North Bristol 'puzzled' to be on Lansley's PFI list
FINANCE: The chief executive of North Bristol Trust was “puzzled” to find the trust included on a list of organisations whose private finance initiative deals may prevent them becoming foundation trusts, board minutes reveal.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol releases nearly £2m of reserves
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust has had to release £1.7m of reserves to “offset” planned capacity reductions that have not been achieved.
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NewsBristol trusts discuss £1bn merger
Two acute trusts in Bristol are in “ongoing discussions” about merging to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
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HSJ Local
Contract to wire North Bristol Trust new PFI hospital awarded
COMMERCIAL: Apex Wiring Solutions has won a multi-million pound contract to supply wiring for North Bristol Trust’s new £430m private finance initiative hospital.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol exceeds C difficile and MSSA targets
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has exceeded its target for cases of C difficile and reached its annual limit for MRSA cases.
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HSJ Local
Bristol acutes set to begin service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: A number of key services are to be transferred to and from University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust during the next three years.
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HSJ Local
PCT cluster sets out priorities for Bristol area
STRUCTURE: The new Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has agreed a set of objectives to be achieved by March 2013.
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HSJ Local
Bristol trust chief executive announces retirement
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of North Bristol Trust has announced her retirement after 18 months in the post.
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HSJ Local
Weston and Bristol acutes to merge pathology services
STRUCTURE: Three south west acute trusts are working together to develop a hub and spoke system for their pathology services.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds minor nutrition problems at Southmead Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but noted minor concerns on the latter, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Comment
Clinical concerns in the South West rumble on
The aftershocks of last year’s independent inquiry into Bristol’s histopathology services are still being felt across the city through a series of reviews.
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News
DH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Bristol FT gets amber/red Monitor rating
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has achieved an amber/red governance risk rating from Monitor for 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Bristol looks toward united future for histopathology
STRUCTURE: “Significant progress” has been made towards the development of a single histopathology service for Bristol, following a joint appointment between North Bristol Trust and University Hospital Bristol Foundation Trust.
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News
Struggling trusts owe DH quarter of a billion in bailout cash
Trusts owe the Department of Health a quarter of a billion pounds, with most of the debt resulting from mass bailouts made during the financial crisis of 2006, DH figures reveal.
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HSJ Local
Bristol acutes appoint joint pathology lead to end rift
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have jointly appointed a clinical lead of cellular pathology to develop an integrated histopathology service in the city.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bristol given all clear over histopatholgy row
PERFORMANCE: A review of NHS Bristol’s role in the city’s histopathology crisis has found the primary care trust acted appropriately.
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News
Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
The Department of Health has named 22 hospitals with private finance deals that are “an obstacle to them achieving FT status by April 2014”.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol Trust cuts mixed sex wards
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has succeeded in cutting the amount of mixed sex accomodation it provides, and is also reporting falls in its MRSA rate and mortality ratio.
