All South West articles – Page 41
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HSJ LocalSafety concerns over community trust’s urgent care service
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have raised safety concerns over the quality of the urgent care service provided by Gloucestershire Care Services Trust.
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HSJ LocalTrust-GP consortium wants to run Cornish community services
COMMERCIAL: A trio of providers has formally expressed interest in bidding to run community services across Cornwall once the incumbent provider pulls out next March, HSJ has learned.
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CommentIt's only a matter of time until 18 weeks is breached nationally
Ground gained before the election is slipping away
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NewsCCGs give scathing assessment of CSU competition process
Commissioners in the South West have given a damning verdict of NHS England’s lead provider framework for commissioning support services. They say it is likely to land them with a worse service that costs more.
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NewsAnalysis: Overall CCG surplus plan masks regional disparity
Clinical commissioning groups in England have planned for a combined surplus of £358m in 2015-16, which is less than half the surplus reported last year.
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HSJ LocalCornish mental health trust praised for rehab services
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust has been rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegration: Happening quietly in a place near you
Local approach offers tangible benefits
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NewsVanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: 27 urgent and emergency care systems to get targeted support
Twenty-seven urgent and emergency care systems that are struggling to meet the four hour target will be given targeted support as part of a programme announced today.
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CommentKelsey: Urgent action on a digital NHS is a moral imperative
The online revolution hasn’t reached the NHS
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HSJ LocalSomerset commissioners propose single health and social care budget
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Bath and north east Somerset plan to create a pooled budget across health and social care as part of a review into community services in the region.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Cornwall looks to bring in improvement director
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has had discussions with the NHS Trust Development Authority about bringing in an improvement director to help turnaround performance, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local£100m Devon procurement did not break rules, Monitor confirms
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group did not break procurement regulations when it selected a preferred provider for a £100m community services contract without going to tender, Monitor has concluded.
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HSJ LocalSmallest trust in country rated 'inadequate' for safety
PERFORMANCE: A South West trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ for safety by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCCGs cut short struggling patient transport firm's contract
COMMERCIAL: A company providing non-emergency patient transport services in the South West is to have its contract cut short by two years.
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NewsFT finance: Winners and losers of education and training income
We reveal the biggest winners and losers of education and training income since 2012-13.
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NewsTen more trusts brought into Carter efficiency review
The Department of Health has named 10 more trusts that will take part in Lord Carter’s major review into hospital efficiency.
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HSJ LocalVirgin in running for Bristol children’s community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care Services is in the running to be the interim provider of children’s community services in Bristol and south Gloucestershire, after the incumbent NHS provider announced it would end its contract in March.