All University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust articles – Page 10
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Plymouth plans for £13m deficit and opens more beds
FINANCE: The board of Plymouth Hospitals Trust has agreed to fund an additional 56 beds at a cost of £3.4m, despite predicting a deficit of £13m by the end of 2013-14.
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CQC warns Plymouth Hospitals over surgical safety for second time
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has been issued with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after a two week inspection identified concern that theatres at Derriford Hospital were under too much pressure.
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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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Plymouth Hospitals doctor elected to national role
WORKFORCE: A consultant from Plymouth Hospitals Trust has been elected clinical vice president of the Royal College of Physicians.
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New chief executive for Peninsula
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health, which provides community health services in Cornwall, has appointed a new chief executive.
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Plymouth Hospitals goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospital Trust has held recruitment days in Belfast and Dublin in a bid to recruit registered nurses.
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Plymouth wins research award
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s research team has won a national award for promoting clinical research in the NHS.
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Plymouth Hospitals pioneers dementia app
SERVICE DESIGN: A new app to help clinicians assess patients with possible dementia will has been pioneered by a team of clinicians from Sydney and Plymouth.
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Senior Plymouth nurse to take on regional leadership role
WORKFORCE: One of Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s most senior nurses is leaving to become head of leadership development for NHS South of England.
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New nursing director for Plymouth Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust director of nursing and governance Greg Dix has been appointed director of nursing at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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New finance director for Devon Partnership
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust director of financial services Sarah Brampton is leaving the trust to become finance director at Devon Partnership Trust.
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NewsInnovators 'must provide more evidence' about product effectiveness
Pharmaceutical and technology companies looking to introduce their products into the NHS must do more research to demonstrate effectiveness, a senior NHS Commissioning Board official has said.
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New job for Peninsula Community chief
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health chief executive Kevin Baber is to join Plymouth Hospitals Trust as chief operating officer.
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Plymouth eye hospital plans move
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s Royal Eye Infirmary will move into purpose built facilities at the trust’s main site this month as part of plans to enhance the opthalmology services.
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Plymouth Hospitals aims for openness
WORKFORCE: The executive team at Plymouth Hospitals Trust has set aside seven days dedicated to meeting with clinicians in its 35 service areas.
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NewsHunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.
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HSJ Local
Vascular services under review in the peninsula
STRUCTURE: A review of vascular services that could lead to reconfiguration of services in Devon and Cornwall is almost complete.
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Plymouth trust appoints new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has appointed a retired NHS chief executive, a retired surgeon and a council chief executive as non-executive directors.
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Plymouth avoids being 'escalated' as it delays FT application
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has pushed back its target date for applying to become a foundation trust.
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South West trusts sign multimillion-pound imaging contract
COMMERCIAL: Five South West trusts have signed a multimillion-pound contract for a digital imaging system which will allow staff to view images taken in other hospitals.