Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 11
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Future of NHS Leadership: unpicking Griffiths' complex legacy
Reflecting on three decades of change
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CommentEnglish waiting list tops 3 million, its biggest in six years
The English waiting list is 20 per cent bigger than at the last general election but despite that, long waits have improved under the Coalition. We are now well into the zone where the ‘90 per cent adjusted admitted’ target is at risk
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NewsAirline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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NewsNew website to identify trusts with 'poor reporting culture'
Hospitals with low numbers of the most serious patient safety incidents are among those set to be highlighted as having a poor reporting culture on a website being launched by the health secretary later today.
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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NewsSecond trust abandons private franchise option
A second district general hospital trust has ruled out being run by a private company under a franchise agreement.
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SupplementsHSJ roundtable: An enhanced perspective on surgical recovery
Enhanced recovery programmes for surgery patients
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CommentTo the NHS: Please explain the missing waiting list data
Yet another trust has dropped out of the stats
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HSJ Local
Ambulance handover performance cost trust £32k
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Trust was fined a total of £32,200 in the financial year 2013-14 due to missed ambulance handover targets, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Taunton and Somerset
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair who previously held board level positions at the Bank of England and Boston Consulting Group.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for 'insular' Northern Devon
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust’s has promoted its medical director to chief executive post.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make pathology reconfiguration work
Behind the scenes of the South West joint venture
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HSJ Local
Yeovil misses ambulance handover target
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Foundation Trust is failing commissioner targets on ambulance handovers, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Taunton investigating weekend mortality
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is investigating why deaths have been higher than expected at weekends, commissioner board papers reveal.
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NewsChoices to change friends and family presentation
NHS England has agreed to change the way the results of the friends and family test are presented online by NHS Choices following complaints from trusts, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Taunton chief welcomes scrutiny by chief inspector
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has welcomed the trust’s inclusion in the first wave of hospitals to be inspected under the new chief inspector of hospitals’ regime.
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NewsPwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Three south west trusts launch joint IT procurement
COMMERCIAL: Three south west trusts have launched a joint tender for a new electronic health record system.