Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 13
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Five south west trusts report 12 hour trolley waits
PERFORMANCE: Seven patients admitted as emergencies to North Bristol Trust have waited more than 12 hours since the beginning of the financial year, more than any other trust in the south west.
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Somerset Partnership behind on telehealth roll out
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is behind on a CQUIN target on deployment of telehealth by ten units.
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New nursing director for Plymouth Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust director of nursing and governance Greg Dix has been appointed director of nursing at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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NewsCash injection for maternity units
Health minister Dan Poulter has announced that £25m will be split across more than 100 hospitals to improve maternity units.
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Yeovil appoints Fitness First finance director
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new finance director direct from the private sector.
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Forces mental health contract awarded to NHS consortium
COMMERCIAL: A national contract to provide acute mental health inpatient services for military personnel has been awarded to a partnership of eight NHS mental health trusts, including Southern Health Foundation Trust.
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Taunton MRSA free for more than 18 months
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has gone more than 555 days without a case of MRSA.
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Yeovil passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting all inspected standards when the Care Quality Commission visited in September.
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HSJ LocalWeston abandons ambition to form integrated care organisation
STRUCTURE: Plans for an integrated care organisation incorporating England’s smallest acute have been abandoned, it has been confirmed.
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Somerset Partnership fails readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had a psychiatric emergency readmission rate of 12.6 per cent in August against a target of 10 per cent.
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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.
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HSJ LocalRural FTs look to closer working to shore up future
STRUCTURE: Two successful foundation trusts are exploring means of working together more closely, including a possible merger, in an attempt to meet the challenge of providing care in a rural setting.
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Taunton and Somerset staff urge board to abandon pay plans
WORKFORCE: More than 1,600 staff working at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust have signed a petition calling on the board to pull out of the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium.
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Taunton and Somerst reports low HSMR
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust had the third lowest hospital standardised mortality ratio in its peer group.
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Yeovil aims to discharge patients in time for lunch
PERFORMANCE: Staff at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have been working on a project which aims to get patients home for lunch.
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Taunton and Somerset takes part in complaints handling project
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is taking part in a Patients Association project to improve complaints handling.
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Monitor warns of risks to Yeovil's plans
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has judged Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is a “high risk” due to recent personnel changes and lack of financial headroom.
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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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Complaints fall at Yeovil FT
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust saw a 13 per cent fall in the number of formal complaints received in 2011-12 comparted with the prevoius year.
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Neglect contributed to death of patient at Somerset community hospital
PERFORMANCE: A patient who choked to death at a hospital run by Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had been neglected by staff, a coroner has ruled.