University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 6
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SupplementsNavigating a competition minefield − an HSJ roundtable
Experts debate how to reconfigure services without breaking competition law
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NewsBournemouth and Poole merger is blocked
The proposed merger of two Dorset foundation trusts has been blocked by the Competition Commission after it concluded there was insufficient evidence patients would benefit from the plans.
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NewsOFT to rule on key pathology mergers as another project collapses
Fresh evidence has emerged of the impact competition probes are having on plans to reconfigure services after Office of Fair Trading investigations were cited as barriers to two major pathology reorganisations.
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NewsFTN urges Hunt to prioritise trust sustainability over competition
The Foundation Trust Network has urged Jeremy Hunt to prioritise trusts’ financial and clinical sustainability over concerns relating to competition.
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NewsMonitor seeks solution to competition impasse
Monitor is in with talks with the Office of Fair Trading to try to prevent trusts which want to merge from facing drawn out inquiries under competition law, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderRapid resolution needed for service change impasse
Competition rules are not having the desired impact
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HSJ Local
South West hospitals perform well against SHMI
PERFORMANCE: Five trusts in the south west had higher than expected mortality under the standardised hospital mortality indicator.
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HSJ LocalMerging Dorset trusts start work on plan B
STRUCTURE: The Dorset foundation trusts waiting for a decision on their merger plans have agreed to stop meetings about the merger and are developing alternative plans, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Date set for Royal Bournemouth inspection
PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust is to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission from the 23 to 25 October.
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HSJ Local
Controversial decision on Dorset FT merger delayed
STRUCTURE: The decision on whether the first merger between two foundation trusts can go ahead has been delayed until October to give the Competition Commission more time to consider the potential patient benefits.
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HSJ LocalMerger FTs propose friends and family test to allay competition concern
STRUCTURE: The foundation trusts whose merger plans face being blocked by the Competition Commission have proposed their performance in the friends and family test is used to mitigate against the loss of competition.
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CommentWhen is a trust failure not a failure?
The ambiguity over FTs’ insolvency has consequences for mergers
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NewsFT merger decision exposes policy confusion
Policy surrounding NHS service change has been labelled a “mess” after the first merger between foundation trusts was blocked on the same day as NHS England’s chief executive demanded radical service reconfiguration nationwide.
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NewsCompetition Commission says no to FT merger
The first merger between two foundation trusts looks set to be blocked by the Competition Commission after the regulator rejected NHS arguments about the level of competition between the organisations.
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HSJ Local
Clock starts again on Dorset FT merger
STRUCTURE: The Competition Commission has “started the clock” again on the merger between two of Dorset’s foundation trusts.
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HSJ Local
Monitor launches investigation into Poole Hospital
FINANCE: Monitor has announced it is investigating Poole Hospital Foundation Trust after the organisation predicted a financial deficit.
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HSJ Local
FTN challenges 'assumptions' in Dorset FT merger
COMERCIAL: The Foundation Trust Network has written to the Competition Commission to challenge some of its assumptions about competition in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth recalls screening patients
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of women have been recalled for further breast cancer screening by a hospital over fears that a junior doctor failed to follow proper procedures.
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HSJ Local
Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.