All South West articles – Page 27
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HSJ LocalFormer nurse made permanent CEO of special measures trust
An acute trust in special measures has made its interim chief executive a permanent appointment.
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NewsTroubled trust moves major service in bid to improve flow
A special measures trust is shifting nearly all its elective orthopaedic work out of its main hospital as part of a raft of initiatives aimed at getting out of special measures.
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NewsIncumbents to compete for £1.2bn community contract
Community providers in the south west will compete to take over each other’s services after the local CCG announced it would accept only single-provider bids for a new £1.2bn contract.
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NewsDowngrade proposed for A&E at country's smallest trust
The country’s smallest hospital trust could lose its A&E service under proposals that will be put to the public for consultation next year.
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HSJ LocalFormer PCT chief leaves aspiring ICS area earlier than planned
The interim leader of a health economy hoping to secure “integrated care system” status has left her position earlier than planned, after the parties agreed they had reached a “natural point” for “early conclusion of the contract”.
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NewsRevealed: The winners from £1bn government capital fund
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the trusts and partnerships which will receive capital funding worth around £900m for building developments.
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HSJ LocalA&E unit’s fate to be decided next year
The fate of one of the NHS’ smallest emergency departments will be decided “later next year”, commissioners announced this month.
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HSJ Local'Unexplained' deficit FT exits special measures
A hospital trust has moved out of financial special measures, two years after it revealed a large, unexplained deficit.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Acute trust agrees Care UK deal for bulk of elective orthopaedics
A hospital trust will move 75 per cent of its elective orthopaedic service to a private company’s facility after agreeing an 18 month partnership.
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NewsCore 999 targets ‘won’t be met for two years’, sector chief warns
Ambulance trusts will not hit most of their new response time targets for “another two years” largely because of significant workforce shortages, a sector leader has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalEx-occupational therapist appointed chief executive of integrated trust
An acute, community, and social care trust has appointed a former occupational therapist as its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalRedundancies 'not ruled out' as merging trusts target £50m savings
Two trusts have said they cannot rule out redundancies ahead of a merger which aims to deliver savings up to £50m over five years and more joined up patient care.
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HSJ LocalVirgin Care set to lose children's service contract to NHS consortium
Virgin Care is likely to lose a children’s contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds as commissioners are set to name an NHS consortium as preferred bidders.
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NewsMajority of pathology networks yet to agree new model
More than half of the 29 proposed pathology networks comprising acute and specialist NHS trusts have yet to agree on a model to reconfigure their laboratory services, eight months after the initial deadline passed.
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HSJ Local'Inadequate' CCG's controversial transport contract fails to attract bidders
Commissioners are reviewing a failed procurement after a tender for a county wide patient transport service – which was amended after an outcry from patients – did not attract any bidders.
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HSJ LocalIntegrated trust agrees joint venture to unlock estates efficiencies
An acute and community trust has entered into a 15 year estates partnership with a property company in a deal worth tens of millions of pounds.
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HSJ LocalFraudulent NHS manager ordered to sell barge
A disgraced NHS non-executive who lied his way into a string of top jobs has been ordered to sell his boat and cash in a pension plan to repay some of the money he earned through his fraud.
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Chief executive interview: Tony Spotswood, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss.
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NewsDeficit stricken CCG wants merger with neighbour to help NHS 'punch our weight'
Two clinical commissioning groups in a financially struggling health economy are proposing to merge by April next year to enable them to “punch our weight”.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of 'inadequate' trust resigns
The chief executive of a trust with “longstanding” patient safety concerns has resigned.