University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust – Page 12
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HSJ LocalCCP to consider acute services 'merger' in Bristol
COMMERCIAL: A planned reconfiguration of acute services in Bristol could be disrupted after the Co-operation and Competition Panel decided the changes constituted a merger and announced it would assess the plans.
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Weston opens extra beds as emergency admissions rise
PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Health Trust has opened an additional ward to cope with increasing demand over the winter months.
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Weston now compliant with CQC standards on patient discharge
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has judged Weston Area Health Trust is now compliant with requirements to co-operate with other providers.
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Long waits for tests at University Hospitals Bristol
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have issued University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust with a contract query in relation to continued failure of waiting time standards for diagnostic tests.
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BlogsOrthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
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CQC finds staffing now safe on Bristol children's heart ward
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is satisfied University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has addressed concerns about staffing levels on a ward for children recovering from heart surgery, a report by the trust claims.
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HSJ LocalNorth Bristol renews plans to go it alone
A proposal to merge two South West trusts, creating an organisation with a turnover of almost £1bn, appears less likely to proceed after one of the organisations confirmed it was still working on an alternative plan to go it alone.
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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HSJ LocalWeston abandons ambition to form integrated care organisation
STRUCTURE: Plans for an integrated care organisation incorporating England’s smallest acute have been abandoned, it has been confirmed.
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HSJ LocalBristol children's cardiac ward where patient died was understaffed
PERFORMANCE: Managers at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for failing to address long running staffing issues on a ward for seriously ill children.
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South Bristol minor injuries unit fails to attract A&E patients
FINANCE: Attendances at the new South Bristol Community Hospital minor injuries unit are below planned levels, creating a risk of an overspend for commisisoners.
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HSJ LocalBristol children's heart surgery faces CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Children’s heart surgery services at the Bristol Children’s Hospital face likely criticism from the Care Quality Commission following an investigation, HSJ understands.
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North Bristol to 'concentrate' on merger
STRUCTURE: North Bristol Trust has decided not to resubmit its foundation trust application to the Department of Health’s technical committee, strategic health authority board papers reveal.
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UHBristol sells land to Pieminister
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has sold four acres of land to local firm Pieminister for a seven figure sum.
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NewsNorth Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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UHBristol fails to treat colo-rectal cancer patients sensitively
PERFORMANCE: A fifth of cancer patients at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust felt they were not told about their diagnosis senstively enough, the result of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey for 2011-12 reveal.
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New £33m community hospital gets go ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has approved the full business case for a £33m community hospital rebuild.
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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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HSJ LocalBristol acutes to merge
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have agreed to work towards a merger, potentially creating an organisation with an annual turnover of almost £1 billion.
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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.