All South West articles – Page 77
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Nineteen consultants strike at Dorset County
WORKFORCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust was forced to cancel 14 planned operations and 86 out patient appointments as a result of the strike by members of the Bristish Medical Association in June.
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Dorset County savings plans dependent on staff turnover
WORKFORCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is dependent upon staff leaving to achieve its savings plan, board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: A&E performance in Bristol
This HSJ Local Briefing looks at how to reverse a decline in performance at Bristol’s A&E departments.
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Dorset Heathcare anticipates Monitor downgrade
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Heathcare Foundation Trust are anticipating Monitor will downgrade their governance risk rating to amber/green.
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Dorset Healthcare chief exec goes 'back to the floor'
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust has been going “back to the floor” and shadowing staff on the front line.
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Troubled mental health trust had 'centralist' culture
Mental health trust Avon and Wiltshire Partnership should put its foundation trust application on hold while it deals with its “centralist, top down and target driven” culture, an independent review has concluded.
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Range of organisations line up to provide Gloucestershire Community Services
STRUCTURE: More than 20 organisations have expressed an interest in taking on community services in Gloucestershire, the primary care trust chief executive has confirmed.
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CQC flags compliance risk at UHBristol
WORKFORCE: A Care Quality Commission inspection of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust flagged concerns the trust did not have sufficient staff.
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Bristol urology reconfiguration moving ahead
STRUCTURE: Urology services in Bristol are on course to be centralised at North Bristol Trust by the end of the year.
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Avon and Wiltshire appoints chair
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust’s interim chair has been appointed on a permanent basis by the Appointments Commission.
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Increase in anxiety drives rise in sickness absence
WORKFORCE: Anxiety, stress and depression levels are rising among staff at Univeristy Hospitals Bristol, contributing to a higher than planned level of sickness absence.
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Lack of nursing staff at Royal Cornwall, says CQC
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital has been told to address a shortage of nurses on some wards after a review of care found staff “struggling” to meet the needs of patients.
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HSJ LocalCQC gives Mid Staffs clean bill of health
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has now lifted all of its concerns around Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Taunton and Somerset clinician wins research award
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A consultant and diabetes specialist from Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has won a prestigious award for research into the impact of diet on Type 2 diabetes.
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North Bristol outsources work to bring waiting list under control
COMMERCIAL: North Bristol Trust is outsourcing £1.6m of surgical work in order to meet performance on the 18-week referral to treatment target.
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Plans for new North Somerset Hospital unaffordable
FINANCE: Plans for a new £13m community hospital have been shelved due to the “changing financial circumstances” of the NHS, it has been announced.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare plans bed closures
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Community Healthcare Trust is consulting on changes to mental health recovery services that could involve the closure of nine beds.
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Torbay Hospital robot in worldwide first
CLINICAL: Torbay Hospital, run by South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, has become the first place in the world to carry out a complex urology procedure as a day case.
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Plymouth Hospitals chief executive to leave
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust acting chief executive Helen O’Shea has announced she will be leaving to take up a new role in Jersey.
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North Bristol Trust management criticised over new IT system
North Bristol Trust’s management failed to recognise the scale of change involved in switching to a new patient record system, leading to months of chaos in theatres and outpatients, an independent review has found.