All South West articles – Page 46
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HSJ LocalWHO praises health visiting and breastfeeding services at Dorset trust
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has been accredited by the children’s charity Unicef and the World Health Organisations for providing high standards within its health visiting and breastfeeding services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Winner of ‘blueprint’ locum agency contract named
COMMERCIAL: A service to manage locum recruitment across nine South West hospital trusts will be managed by the Accident and Emergency Agency, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCornwall merger plan halted due to costs
COMMERCIAL: Plans to merge two Cornwall providers have been put on hold after a study of the proposals for further joint working said a merger would not be feasible in the short term.
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Supplements
Commissioning supplement: Giving new care models a supporting chance
Facilitating new models of care
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS Innovation Challenge: From small Acorns grow mighty winners
The entries impacting on patient care
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SupplementsReconfiguration: Play the long game for successful mergers
Think long term when considering the benefits of organisation mergers
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HSJ LocalBristol Community Health appoints non-exec director
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed Julie Dovey as a non-executive director.
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NewsDrop in elective patients treated reflects A&E demand
There were fewer elective patients treated in January compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalCCG invites bids for £100m ‘health campus’ provider
COMMERCIAL: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has invited organisations to bid to provide major services at a proposed health and wellbeing campus to serve Shepton Mallet and surrounding villages.
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HSJ LocalNorthern Devon Healthcare makes new board appointments
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced the appointment of Robert Down as a non-executive director
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NewsTrusts told to halve the number of ‘green to go’ patients
A number of trusts were told to reduce the number of medically fit patients who were delayed in being discharged from hospital by 50 per cent in a month, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon accused of conflict of interest in £100m contract award
COMMERCIAL: A community services provider has accused the country’s largest clinical commissioning group of a conflict of interest in its decision to award a £100m contract without a tender.
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HSJ LocalMajor FT brings in turnaround director
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a turnaround director to tackle its finance and performance issues.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the future NHS hospital should look like
Two hospitals challenging assumptions about how care is delivered
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon was 'pit canary' for CCG rationing plans
FINANCE: ‘Queues’ of clinical commissioning groups could have implemented controversial plans to restrict access to certain services had a high profile attempt at rationing in Devon been successful, a local commissioner has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeNetworks nurture the growth of great frontline ideas
The role of AHSNs in bottom-up change
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News'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched
A new scheme has been launched to ‘buddy’ trusts struggling to deliver a good care experience to cancer patients with higher performing trusts.
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HSJ LocalTrust and GPs bid to create primary care joint venture
PRIMARY CARE: A group of Hampshire GPs has teamed up with the country’s largest mental health and community services trust in a bid to create an integrated primary care centre.
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HSJ Local200 North Bristol patients still waiting over a year for spinal surgery
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 patients have been waiting over a year for spinal surgery at North Bristol Trust, figures for December reveal.