All South West articles – Page 67
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Wiltshire CCG authorised
STRUCTURE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised with two conditions.
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UHBristol at risk of Monitor red rating
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is at risk of being rated red against Monitor’s compliance framework for quarter four.
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NewsMerging foundation trusts sign competition undertakings
The providers involved in the first merger between two foundation trusts have signed up to undertakings restricting how they can communicate with each other.
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Royal United struggles for capacity
PERFORMANCE: High levels of activity at Royal United Hospital Bath has seen the trust forced to keep open about 50 extra beds at the beginning of the year.
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Serco out-of-hours fell 'unacceptably short'
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall’s Serco run out-of-hours service fell “unacceptably short” of essential standards of quality and safety, the chair of the public accounts committee has said.
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Royal Cornwall's response to concerns 'less than adequate'
PERFORMANCE: Failure to respond properly to concerns raised by staff at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust allowed a potentially unsafe doctor to continue to operate for more than ten years, a report has found.
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Non-elective activity drives Bath cluster overspend
FINANCE: The Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster was overspent on its contract with Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust by £3.3m at the end of January.
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Bristol misses reperfusion target
PERFORMANCE: Only around three quarters of reperfusion cases had a ‘call to needle’ time of 150 minutes or less in November - below the 90 per cent standard - University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust board were told.
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Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Lee Mill Hospital is meeting quality standards.
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Dorset County buys in iPods for patients
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has ordered iPods for use by patients undergoing procedures under local anaesthetics.
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Poole reorganisation to close five beds
STRUCTURE: A reorganisation of beds as a result of changes to patient pathways at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust will result in annual savings of £250,000, trust board papers report.
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CQC find concerns at Dorset County
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust was not meeting two essential standards.
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Poole breaches MRSA limit
PERFORMANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust has breached its limit of MRSA cases for the year and is at risk of breaching its Clostridium difficile limit.
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Dorset County to tackle community pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is setting up a team to support community hospitals in managing patients at risk of pressure ulcers.
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Two trusts say private sector franchise an option
STRUCTURE: Two small provider trusts - both of which have aggressively pursued service and organisational integration - have indicated they may form partnerships with the independent sector.
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust is forecasting a year end surplus £600,000 ahead of plan.
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NewsTrust consortium urges further cuts in pay
Further cuts in NHS pay, terms and conditions are needed to help NHS trusts meet their financial targets, according to a consortium of trusts in the South West.
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New service goes out to AQP in Dorset
COMMERCIAL: NHS Dorset has advertised for providers of community endoscopy under any qualified provider, board papers reveal.
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Trust sued over surgery blunder
PERFORMANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust is being sued by a patient who had the wrong testicle removed during surgery and can no longer have children.