All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS TRUST articles – Page 7
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Thousands of Bristol patients take part in clinical trials
CLINICAL RESEARCH: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has received almost £3m income from the National Institute for Health Research through involving patients in clinical trials.
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New midwifery-led unit for Bristol
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is opening a new midwifery-led birthing unit at St Michael’s hospital in the city.
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North Somerset A&E patients face long waits
PERFORMANCE: More than a quarter of north somerset patients who attended a local accident and emergency department in March faced waits of longer than four hours.
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High street shops to open at Bristol Royal Infirmary
COMMERCIAL: Four leading high street reatilers are to open stores in Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new Welcome Centre after signing contracts with University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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CCP finds Bristol 'service swap' could be anti-competitive
COMMERCIAL: Plans to centralise some acute services in Bristol could be anti-competitive and must be investigated further, the Co-operation and Competition Panel has ruled.
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Bristol trusts confirm service swap
SERVICE DESIGN: The delivery of a number of services delivered across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire has changed.
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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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Comment
Competition authorities take their positions
The CCP and OFT could have a major influence on NHS mergers
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CCP 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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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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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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North 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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Weston 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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Bristol 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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Bristol 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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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.