Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 17
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership FT seeks to address high level of ligature incidents
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s key commissioner NHS Somerset reported to its December board that the mental health provider experienced a significant surge in deliberate patient self harm using ligatures between the first and second quarters of 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil District Hospital FT introduces band 4 HCAs
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital FT is working towards its first group of band 4 associate practitioners.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil District Hospital FT talks pathology with private sector
COMMERCIAL: Yeovil District Hospital FT and Taunton and Somerset FT are looking at developing an integrated pathology service.
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HSJ Local
Ten per cent of patients waiting more than 30 mins for A&E transfer
PERFORMANCE: The trust is failing to meet a target to transfer all patients arriving at the accident and emergency department within 15 minutes.
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HSJ Local
Delays in patient handover at Taunton and Somerset A&E
Just 83.3 per cent of patients arriving at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust by ambulance were handed over within 15 minutes.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to tackle equality and diversity in the health service
NHS Employers has chosen 20 trusts as partners to lead the way on equality and diversity. HSJ looks at some of the schemes in place to improve the health service not just for patients but for its workforce too