Royal Devon University Healthcare FT – Page 14
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Royal Devon and Exeter exceeds C diff target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Devon has agreed not to penalise Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust for exceeding its C difficile trajectory by nine cases.
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Performance under pressure at Royal Devon and Exeter
PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions and an “unseasonal” outbreak of norovirus put pressure on performance at Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust during July.
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Over half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
Fewer than half of NHS trusts’ plans for achieving foundation status have been signed off by the Department of Health, more than four months after they were written.
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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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Devon acutes struggle with some new A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE. Data on acute trusts’ performance against the new A&E indicators published by NHS Devon has revealed a slight underperformance against two of the measures.
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TCS a risk to North Devon Healthcare becoming FT
STRUCTURE: North Devon Healthcare Trust has identified the “lack of certainty” around its acquisition of community services as a risk to its foundation trust application.
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North Devon Healthcare to do deal with council
STRUCTURE: The board of Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been asked to agree a memorandum of understanding with Devon County Council for the “provision of integrated adult health and social care services”.
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Monitor downgrades Royal Devon
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has downgraded the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating for quarter four.
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In-house consultancy saves NHS £2.5m
The NHS’s in-house consultancy service says it saved trusts an estimated £2.5m in consultancy fees in 2010-11.
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CQC tells Royal Devon to improve patient involvement
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has been ordered to make improvements in how patients are involved in their care by the Care Quality Commission.
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North Devon Healthcare to open single sex assessment units
PERFORMANCE: The North Devon Healthcare Trust is to invest £400,000 in setting up a second medical assessment unit to comply with same sex accommodation requirements.
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Royal Devon takes stroke nursing care into the home
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust’s specialist stroke service has launched a scheme to treat recovering patients in their own homes.
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RDE laundry is a money spinner
COMMERCIAL: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust is looking to boost its non NHS income through its laundry and children’s nursery.
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Royal Devon and Exeter finishes year in surplus
FINANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has generated a year end surplus of £4.1m, £461,000 above plan, and missed out on achieving the full value of its £18.3m QIPP plan by just £261,000.
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Royal Devon and Exeter slips on cancer waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has tabled an internal exception report to its board after failing to meet the 62 day GP urgent referral to treatment target during quarter four.
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Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is agreeing a revised trajectory for the six week diagnostic test with its primary care trust, NHS Devon.
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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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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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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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Royal Devon and Exeter ahead of plan on suplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter FT is predicting a year end surplus £0.4m above plan.