All ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 6

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Royal Berkshire considers selling off lossmaking Bracknell clinic

2013-01-08T11:07:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust is considering selling off its new Bracknell clinic just 18 months after it opened, because the facility is currently a “significant financial drain” on the organisation.
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Royal Berkshire risk rating belies deficit

2012-11-21T17:42:00Z

FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has a reported financial risk rating of three, despite capital overspends, a revenue deficit and a shortfall in cost savings.
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Berkshire responds to persistent delayed transfer issue

2012-11-21T17:40:00Z

PERFORMANCE West Berkshire health and social care bodies have begun weekly meetings in west Berkshire in response to the area’s persistently high delayed transfers of care rate.
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Berkshire system hopes to relieve acute pressure with 50 community beds

2012-11-21T16:41:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is working with commissioners to establish 50 new community beds, in a bid to deal with rising demand for services.
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Royal Berkshire blames complaints on Cerner

2012-11-21T16:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s nursing director has suggested that a high level of complaints about staff is in part down to the implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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Rising DTOCs impact on patient safety at Royal Berkshire

2012-10-12T18:03:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A rise in delayed transfers of care in West Berkshire has been linked to increasing numbers of patients with falls and pressure ulcers.
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RBH performance drops on Cerner implementation

2012-10-12T18:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millenium electronic patient record system has had a detrimental impacted on patient experience at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
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Royal Berkshire Hospital subjected to 'stage two review' of annual plan

2012-10-11T18:05:00Z

FINANCE: Monitor has undertaken a “stage two review” of Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust’s annual plan.
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Empowering competence

2012-07-26T00:00:00Z

A re-evaluation of how mandatory training is delivered is key
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Helping the NHS plan for positive patient experience

2012-07-19T00:00:00Z

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust chief medical officer Jonathan Fielden asks Stephen Murphy what Virgin can teach the NHS about customer care and innovation to practice.
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Stroke performance under review at Royal Berkshire

2012-06-27T10:18:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has adopted a new stroke care pathway after performance plummeted this spring.
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Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding

2012-05-01T13:30:00Z

FINANCE: Talks are under way regarding a potential merger for Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust, which has also secured bail-out funding for 2012-13.
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Vomiting bug blamed as Royal Berkshire misses stroke target

2012-04-04T18:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has blamed a downturn in stroke performance this year on an outbreak of norovirus.
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Foundation trust considers 12-hour nursing shifts to save £500,000

2012-03-12T16:43:00Z

WORKFORCE: The Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust has considered bringing in 12-hour nursing shifts to save money.
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Royal Berkshire CEO confronted over trust finances

2012-03-08T18:59:00Z

FINANCE: Directors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust expressed a lack of confidence in the organisation’s financial management, shortly before an attempt to oust the chief executive.
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Royal Berkshire chair resigns

2012-03-05T16:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: The chair of Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has resigned without explanation.
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Hampshire reports pressure on acute contracts

2012-02-08T18:44:00Z

FINANCE: The Hampshire health system is reporting a surplus, having released almost all its contingency reserves for the first three quarters of 2011-12.
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Governors plan inquiry into chief executive dispute

2012-01-12T00:04:00Z

WORKFORCE: The governors of Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust are planning an inquiry into the conduct of its board following a decision to effectively suspend the organisation’s chief executive.
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Royal Berkshire chief returns from indefinite annual leave

2012-01-03T17:40:00Z

WORKFORCE: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Ed Donald has returned from a period on leave following what is believed to be an attempt by some board members to oust him.
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Royal Berkshire chief 'on leave'

2011-12-08T16:54:00Z

WORKFORCE: Edward Donald’s future as the chief executive of the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is in doubt after it emerged that he has taken indefinite annual leave.