All GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 3
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HSJ Local
CCG's ‘dire’ finances could trigger NHS England ‘turnaround’
A clinical commissioning group in the South West has warned it could be put in “turnaround” by NHS England if its “dire” financial situation is not rapidly improved.
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News
Exclusive: Emergency savings drive and stretch targets fail to reduce provider deficit
The financial ‘stretch targets’ and emergency measures imposed by NHS regulators will fail to make significant inroads into the total provider sector deficit, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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News
FT finance: Winners and losers of education and training income
We reveal the biggest winners and losers of education and training income since 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
South West FT breaches licence over finances
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has breached its provider licence following an investigation by Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Mental health team reduces waiting list by two-thirds
MENTAL HEALTH: A team based in Swindon has reduced the number of patients waiting for an assessment of their mental health needs by two-thirds in just two months.
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HSJ Local
Tribunal to hear Great Western staff racial discrimination claims
WORKFORCE: Hospitality staff at Great Western Hospital in Swindon will be able to pursue claims of racial discrimination and harassment following a ruling by an employment tribunal.
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HSJ Local
Rheumatology patients turned away due to pressure on service
Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has became the latest hospital to close its doors to patients because of “extremely high demand” on its services.
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HSJ Local
Wiltshire CCG uses £4.3m winter pressure cash for service redesign
FINANCE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is to use the £4.3m it has been allocated from the government’s winter pressures funding to support service redesign schemes to halt unnecessary hospital admissions.
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Wiltshire trust’s finances
FINANCE: The regulator Monitor has opened an investigation into Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust as a result of the provider’s ongoing financial problems.
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Comment
Analysis: England's summer waiting list initiative fails
The government push to clear the backlog hasn’t worked
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HSJ Local
Great Western calls in lawyers over PFI contract concerns
COMMERCIAL: The management of a South West hospital has ‘lost confidence’ in its private finance initiative service provider after it failed to maintain standards of quality and hygiene.
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Comment
English waiting list approaches next danger level
Much will depend on the impact of Hunt’s ‘managed breach’
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Comment
English waiting list tops 3 million, its biggest in six years
The English waiting list is 20 per cent bigger than at the last general election but despite that, long waits have improved under the Coalition. We are now well into the zone where the ‘90 per cent adjusted admitted’ target is at risk
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HSJ Local
Cleaning cuts at Great Western
WORKFORCE: Hospital cleaners at a south west trust are threatening to strike over plans to cut cleaning hours by 5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Great Western 'disappointed' over A&E bail out
FINANCE: The chief executive of Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed her disappointment that the trust missed out on a share of the government’s accident and emergency bailout fund.
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HSJ Local
Great Western recruits nurses from Spain
WORKFORCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed more than 50 nurses from abroad.
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News
Analysed: District general hospitals look to private patient income
District general hospitals are increasing their private patient offerings
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HSJ Local
Five south west trusts report 12 hour trolley waits
PERFORMANCE: Seven patients admitted as emergencies to North Bristol Trust have waited more than 12 hours since the beginning of the financial year, more than any other trust in the south west.
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HSJ Local
Great Western behind on surplus but ahead on savings
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust was behind on its planned surplus by £811,000 at the end of February.