All Somerset NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 2
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NewsHospital picks new private partner after firm’s sudden liquidation
An integrated trust has appointed a new provider of its diagnostic centre following the collapse of Rutherford Health in June.
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NewsRevealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems
Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Trust’s ‘unique’ private model boosts elective recovery
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrusts left with valueless company shares given in exchange for patient data
Several NHS trusts are reviewing their data-sharing agreements with a technology company after their shares in the firm were rendered currently worthless following its financial collapse
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Trust in talks to hire staff from 'game-changing' centre
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsUPDATED: Cancer provider collapses despite NHS catch-up drive
A private cancer diagnostic and treatment provider which last year signed a ‘game-changing’ elective recovery deal with an NHS trust has collapsed and is set to be liquidated.
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News‘Impossible’ to improve delayed discharges as picture worsens
The number of patients stuck in hospitals despite being ‘medically fit’ to leave has continued to increase in recent months, leading to warnings from NHS Confederation that trusts are finding it ‘impossible’ to make progress on reducing the numbers.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Scandal-hit trusts show signs of progress
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ InteractiveEmbed a culture of continuous learning
Somerset Foundation Trust has shifted to a culture where excellence is explicitly reported on and valued, all underpinned by smart use of digital technology. Jennifer Trueland reports
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HSJ LocalTrust says ‘game-changing’ deal will expand capacity by 25pc
An integrated trust has opened a “game-changing” first-of-its-kind imaging facility together with a private company in a bid to “sustainably” increase diagnostic capacity amid rising backlogs of patients, according to its chief executive.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Post-Covid Sustainable Transformation Award
WINNER: Barts Health Trust - Royal London Hospital: Barts Emergency Access Co-ordination Hub (BEACH) Barts Health NHS Trust launched the Barts Emergency Access Care Hub (BEACH) in September 2020, which covers patients across the Barts Health footprint. The BEACH provides a single point of access for all eligible patients who ...
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NewsTributes paid to ‘exceptional’ national A&E leader ‘who will be remembered forever’
NHS leaders and former colleagues have paid emotional tributes to Clifford Mann, the national clinical adviser for accident and emergency care, who passed away on Saturday.
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NewsIntegrated trusts aim for first-of-its-kind merger
Two trusts are planning a merger which would create England’s first provider of primary, acute, community and mental health care services.
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HSJ LocalCoroner orders closer working between five trusts after prisoner’s death
Five NHS trusts in the South West have been ordered to make immediate improvements after the death of a 20-year-old prisoner who needed healthcare.
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NewsBAME staff should be ‘risk-assessed’ over covid concerns, says NHSE
Healthcare leaders should “risk-assess” staff who may be at a greater risk of covid-19, including those from black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and make “appropriate arrangements”, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrust chief moves to neighbouring provider
A mental health trust chief executive has been appointed to the top post at a neighbouring provider.
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HSJ LocalSTP proposes to centralise city’s mental health beds 23 miles away
Local NHS leaders want to move a city’s inpatient mental health ward 23 miles south and replace it with a crisis cafe, under plans to shake up services across the county.
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HSJ LocalMerging trusts target £20m annual savings
NHS chiefs in Somerset say a merger between the county’s main acute and community and mental health trusts will deliver annual recurrent savings of nearly £20m.
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NewsNational sharing of patient records enabled in first-of-kind initiative
Paramedics will be able to access the records of mental health service users for the first time as part of a wider scheme that aims to allow clinicians to share care records across the country.