Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – Page 14
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall hit by readmissions tariff
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is underperforming by £2.3m against the contract with its main commissioner, largely due to unpaid readmissions.
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HSJ Local
South West trusts sign pharma research deal
COMMERCIAL: Five NHS trusts have begun working with the world’s biggest biopharmaceutical company to provide patients for clinical trials.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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News
Eighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exits
Nearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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News
Royal Cornwall's appeal in whistleblowing case dismissed by tribunal
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust faces a bill for £1.3m after losing an appeal against its former chief executive John Watkinson.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds Royal Cornwall has made improvements
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors are now satisfied with the safety of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s operating theatres.
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Comment
South West trust chiefs in merry-go-round shake up
The impending departure of Weston Area Health Trust’s chief executive to Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust next month has sparked a round of musical chairs in the South West.
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HSJ Local
Video conferencing technology improves access in South West
COMMERCIAL: Clinicians at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital can now assess a baby’s heartbeat from more than 170 miles away after the trust installed video conferencing equipment by Radvision.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall chief exec announces departure
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust chief executive Peter Colclough has announced he is to leave the trust to become interim chief executive at Weston Area Health Trust.
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HSJ Local
Integration to reduce trips 'up the garden path' in Cornwall
STRUCTURE: The first of nine integrated health and social care hubs planned for Cornwall will begin operating next month as part of a four-way partnership between NHS organisations and Cornwall Council.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust achieves 78 per cent of its savings targets
FINANCE: The West Country acute trust had a cost improvement programme target of £19.7m but only achieved £15.3m in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall ordered to improve after never event
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has given the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust 28 days to address concerns uncovered following a recent never event.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
Commercial: Lloydspharmacy has been awarded a contract to provide dispensing services for outpatients of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall brings in mobile surgeries in bid to meet 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has introduced mobile surgeries to tackle spiralling waiting times.
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News
Royal Cornwall reveals chief exec dismissal costs
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust spent nearly £380,000 on a legal battle with its former chief executive, it admitted this week.
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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
Royal Cornwall asks for treasury help with redundancy costs
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has made a bid to the Treasury for a mutually agreed resignation scheme to help reduce the costs of forthcoming redundancies.
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Comment
South West trust clawing back every penny ahead of make or break year
The “financially challenged” Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has begun what is being viewed as a make or break year with a rare piece of fiscal good news.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals breaches data protection laws
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals has breached the Data Protection Act by disclosing third party personal data on two occasions, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust aims for £4m surplus in 2011-12
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is aiming to make savings of £19m during the coming financial year in order to achieve a surplus of £4.4m.