All South West articles – Page 51
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HSJ LocalDevon provider ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found a raft of concerns, including do not resuscitate forms being filled in without discussion with patients and relatives.
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership Q&A: Empower staff and service improvements will follow
Colin Drummond tells us
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HSJ LocalTaunton chief exec to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has announced her retirement after six years running the south western hospital.
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HSJ LocalCQC finds safety failures at Avon and Wiltshire
A mental health trust that was found to have a “controlling” leadership culture two years ago has been ordered to make urgent improvements to the safety of its services by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCCG leader steps down
WORKFORCE: The managing director of South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group has stepped down from his role, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalCCG considers flexing 'running cost' rules
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group may redesignate the cost of clinicians’ involvement in service redesign as a ‘programme’ cost to help retain capacity while staying within its running allowance.
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NewsHSJ reveals the top healthcare employers
Four clinical commissioning groups are among the top 10 Best Places to Work in healthcare
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Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust
Best Places to Work 2014 – acute trust
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Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
Best Places to Work 2014 – CCG
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HSJ LocalCornwall summit to discuss tripartite merger proposal
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a south west trust hoping to merge with a social enterprise and mental health provider in the region is due to meet the heads of the proposed merger partners next month.
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HSJ LocalSenior South Devon trust manager resigns
WORKFORCE: A senior manager at South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has resigned, months after its chief executive stepped down.
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HSJ LocalSouth West CCGs look to integration for savings
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups hope to alleviate their financial stress by saving millions of pounds through integrated commissioning arrangements with local authorities.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust takes on sexual health services
COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide sexual health services across southern Wiltshire.
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Revealed: The mental health trusts with the biggest income cuts
Several NHS mental health providers saw double figure real terms reductions in their income between 2011-12 and 2013-14, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsLabour slams 'too full' hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care are being left at the doors of accident and emergency in ambulances because hospitals are too full, Labour has said.
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CommentEnglish waiting list approaches next danger level
Much will depend on the impact of Hunt’s ‘managed breach’
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HSJ LocalReview launched into ‘high risk’ emergency care
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall commissioners have launched a review into the area’s emergency care access after it was designated as “high risk”.
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HSJ LocalPatients warned over telehealth scammers
COMMERCIAL: A community services provider has warned local patients using NHS-funded telehealth services to be vigilant after fraudsters tricked a patient into paying for the service by posing as a telehealth company.
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NewsNHS trusts 'non-compliant' with quality standards for over two years
The CQC has pinpointed more than 10 NHS trusts that have fallen short of its quality standards for over two years, potentially putting patients at risk of unsafe care