All South West articles – Page 59

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Taunton chief welcomes scrutiny by chief inspector

2013-09-24T17:32:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has welcomed the trust’s inclusion in the first wave of hospitals to be inspected under the new chief inspector of hospitals’ regime.

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Merging Dorset trusts start work on plan B

2013-09-24T11:45:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Dorset foundation trusts waiting for a decision on their merger plans have agreed to stop meetings about the merger and are developing alternative plans, HSJ has learned.

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Great Western 'disappointed' over A&E bail out

2013-09-23T17:37:00Z

FINANCE: The chief executive of Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed her disappointment that the trust missed out on a share of the government’s accident and emergency bailout fund.

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Great Western recruits nurses from Spain

2013-09-23T17:10:00Z

WORKFORCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed more than 50 nurses from abroad.

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Date set for Royal Bournemouth inspection

2013-09-17T17:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust is to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission from the 23 to 25 October.

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CQC to visit Royal United in December

2013-09-17T15:52:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust is to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission from the 4 to 6 December.

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NEW Devon to miss QIPP target

2013-09-16T14:49:00Z

FINANCE: North, East and West Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is forecasting it will miss its savings target for 2013-14 by more than a quarter.

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Devon Partnership improves research performance

2013-09-13T17:07:00Z

CLINICAL RESEARCH: Devon Partnership Trust has moved up the league table for mental health trusts involved in research by more than 20 places.

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Torbay merger will be 'unique' challenge for OFT

2013-09-13T08:21:00Z

STRUCTURE: The proposed takeover of a trust that has pioneered the integration of health and social care by an acute foundation trust has been approved, despite the acquisition’s business case receiving a “low” score.

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Dorset healthcare faces 'cultural challenge'

2013-09-12T18:21:00Z

STRUCTURE: A south west mental health trust which took on community services in 2011 still faces a “significant challenge” in “bridging the cultural gap”, an external report has concluded.

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Dorset CCG highlights continuing care risk

2013-09-11T14:03:00Z

FINANCE: Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group has set aside £4.9m for risks associated with continuing healthcare claims and over performance on acute contracts during 2013-14.

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Devon Partnership looks to save with nurse prescribing

2013-09-10T13:39:00Z

WORKFORCE: Devon Partnership Trust plans to save money by rolling out non-medical prescribing for certain drugs. However, nurses and other clinicians who take on the extr responsibility will not be paid more.

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Three south west trusts launch joint IT procurement

2013-09-10T13:36:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Three south west trusts have launched a joint tender for a new electronic health record system.

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Royal Cornwall sets itself £14.2m CIP target

2013-09-06T13:48:00Z

FINANCE Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £14.2m for 2013-14.

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Great Western sets itself £16m CIP target

2013-09-06T13:46:00Z

FINANCE Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £16m for 2013-14.

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Seconds out: time to beat the clock in A&E

2013-09-04T00:00:00Z

The A&E crisis can only be solved with a system-wide solution

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South Devon sets itself £11.4m CIP target

2013-09-02T16:10:00Z

FINANCE South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £11.4m for 2013-14.

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Royal Cornwall continues to fail on A&E target

2013-09-02T11:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Just 89.8 per cent of patients at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s accident and emergency department were treated or admitted and discharged within four hours in June.

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Kernow CCG due diligence discovers wrongly transferred assets

2013-09-02T11:08:00Z

STRUCTURE: Medical equipment and 35 IT servers were wrongly transferred from Cornwall Primary Care Trust to Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group, a due diligence process has discovered.

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Royal Cornwall passes CQC inspection

2013-09-02T11:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust was meeting five of the essential standards during an inspection in May.