PERFORMANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust cancelled almost as many operations on the day in April due to a lack of intensive care beds as during the whole of the previous financial year.
A report to June’s board said 10 patients were cancelled in April due to lack of ICU beds compared to 14 in the whole of 2012-13.
June 2013
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
A union has criticised a hospital trust for “jeopardising patient safety” by issuing “highly inappropriate” instructions for resident doctors to approve prescription requests from physician associates.
NHS England has knocked back plans to merge corporate services across an integrated care system – blaming the size of the patch’s deficit.
Cara Charles-Barks to join Salisbury FT in January as chief executive Peter Hill to retire after 30 years at the trust Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Cara Charles-Barks as its new chief executive.
A trust in Wiltshire, which was told to improve staffing levels earlier this year, has earmarked nearly £300,000 for additional nursing staff.
COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide sexual health services across southern Wiltshire.
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