All SOMERSET PCT articles – Page 2

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Community DTOC up at Somerset Partnership

2011-11-15T14:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust lost more than 500 bed days to delayed discharges during September.

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NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning

2011-10-11T18:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Somerset nurse makes mark with infection control work

2011-09-05T18:59:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A Somerset nurse has been shortlisted for a national award for her work in developing a resource to help health staff and others reduce the spread of infection from the norovirus stomach bug.

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Somerset TCS transfer goes through a month late

2011-08-19T17:57:00Z

STRUCTURE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust has taken on statutory responsibility for NHS Somerset’s provider arm, a month later than originally planned.

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NHS Somerset delegates medicines to GPs

2011-08-15T18:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for medicines management to the area’s emerging clinical commissioning group.

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NHS Somerset sets out plans to hand over £500m budgets to consortium

2011-06-06T17:52:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset will transfer responsibility for a quarter of its budget to the local GP consortium by the end of the year.

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South West clusters draw up new specialised commissioning agreement

2011-05-09T18:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new agreement has been drawn up for the South West Specialised Commisioning Group (SWSCG) in light of primary care trust clustering arrangements.

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Taunton and Somerset challenges C diff target

2011-04-27T18:14:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust have challenged the target set by the Department of Health for the number of cases of Clostridium difficile during 2011-12.

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NHS Somerset begins personal budget pilot

2011-03-15T18:17:00Z

NHS Somerset has made its first direct payment for a personal health budget, as part of a national pilot programme.

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Somerset community care divestment faces three-month delay

2011-03-15T18:13:00Z

STRUCTURE: There is likely to be a three-month delay in authorisation for a new provider of community healthcare in the area because of the volume of referrals to Monitor, NHS Somerset has claimed.

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NHS Somerset opens new community hospital

2011-03-02T20:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new community hospital opened in Somerset in February.

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Weston Area Health Trust does deal with PCT on overperformance

2011-02-24T19:08:00Z

FINANCE: NHS North Somerset has agreed to pay Weston Health Trust an additional £600,000 for over performance above the value of its contract.

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NHS Somerset signs deal with independent provider

2011-02-17T13:21:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Somerset has awarded a contract to UK Specialist Hospitals Ltd.

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Reconfiguration halted in NHS Somerset

2011-02-17T13:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: Plans to centralise gynaecological cancer services in the NHS Somerset area have been shelved after they failed to meet the new reconfiguration tests.

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NHS Somerset overspends on bariatric services

2011-02-17T11:25:00Z

FINANCE: A £432,000 overspend by NHS Somerset at Taunton and Somerset FT is mainly down to the provision of bariatric services.

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Somerset Partnership FT seeks to address high level of ligature incidents

2011-02-09T11:48:00Z

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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Weston Area Healthcare Trust fears PCTs will not pay for any overperformance

2011-02-08T17:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Healthcare is over performing against PCT contracts by more than £1.2m.

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North Bristol NHS Trust pays back PCTs

2011-02-08T15:21:00Z

FINANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has paid a rebate of £1.8m after failing to reduce activity in line with local agreements.

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Ten per cent of patients waiting more than 30 mins for A&E transfer

2011-02-08T12:27:00Z

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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CQC satisfied following serious untoward incident at NHS Somerset

2011-02-08T12:21:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The CQC has decided not to take any further action regarding a serious untoward incident at Bridgwater Community Hospital.