All South West articles – Page 90

HSJ Local

Cases of C difficile fall at Gloucestershire's community hospitals

2011-10-13T18:11:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Cases of clostridium difficile in NHS Gloucestershire’s community hospitals fell by 25 per cent in 2010-11 compared to the previous year.

HSJ Local

BANES rejects GPs claim for responsibility payment

2011-10-13T18:11:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset has agreed to pay GPs on the local clinical commissioning group a higher rate of backfill than neighbouring PCTs but has rejected requests for an additional “responsibility payment”.

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Weston confirms it is not viable

2011-10-12T18:35:00Z

STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has declared it is not viable in its current form in its tripartite formal agreement setting out how it plans to achieve foundation trust status.

HSJ Local

Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC

2011-10-11T19:23:00Z

WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.

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NHS Gloucestershire invests in telehealth

2011-10-11T18:59:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Gloucestershire has signed a £5m contract with Tunstall Healthcare for the provision of a telehealth service to 2,000 patients with long term conditions.

HSJ Local

NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning

2011-10-11T18:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.

HSJ Local

Contract to wire North Bristol Trust new PFI hospital awarded

2011-10-10T18:09:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Apex Wiring Solutions has won a multi-million pound contract to supply wiring for North Bristol Trust’s new £430m private finance initiative hospital.

HSJ Local

University Hospitals Bristol records mixed sex breaches

2011-10-06T17:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust had three mixed sex accomodation breaches in July.

HSJ Local

North Bristol exceeds C difficile and MSSA targets

2011-10-06T17:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has exceeded its target for cases of C difficile and reached its annual limit for MRSA cases.

HSJ Local

Two social enterprises up and running in the south west

2011-10-05T17:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: The provider arms of NHS North Somerset and NHS Bristol have begun trading as social enterprises following a successful transfer on 1 October.

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Interim medical director at Taunton and Somerset

2011-10-05T17:30:00Z

WORKFORCE: An interim medical director has been appointed at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust.

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Royal Devon and Exeter gets backing for £19m research centre

2011-10-04T17:29:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has been granted planning permission for a £19m research centre.

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South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site

2011-10-03T15:27:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.

News

Ambulance services strive to avoid A&E

2011-09-30T18:31:00Z

Two of England’s ambulance services have reduced the proportion of patients they convey to accident and emergency departments by more than 7 per cent since April, new figures from the Department of Health show.

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Taunton and Somerset medical director steps down

2011-09-30T17:39:00Z

WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust’s medical director has stepped down but will continue to work as a consultant anaesthetist.

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UPDATED: NHS South top team revealed

2011-09-30T13:57:00Z

WORKFORCE: The executive team of the new NHS South of England strategic health authority cluster has been announced.

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Plymouth Hospitals makes 18 week target despite backlog

2011-09-30T09:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Almost 1,400 patients waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment at Plymouth Hospitals Trust during June.

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NHS Plymouth forced to increase savings targets

2011-09-29T18:57:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Plymouth is £3m behind on its savings plan and is forecasting an underachievement of £8.6m by year end.

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2gether FT grown by 25 per cent

2011-09-26T18:58:00Z

FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust has seen a 25 per cent increase in its income for 2011-12 after acquiring a number of new services.

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Cornwall Partnership wants to be single learning disabilities provider

2011-09-23T18:57:00Z

STRUCTURE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is planning to acquire children and adolescent mental health services, develop a perinatal service and become a single provider for learning disability services in Cornwall.