All ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 14
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HSJ Local
Former heart tsar to join Royal Cornwall board
WORKFORCE: Former national director for heart disease Professor Sir Roger Boyle has been appointed a non-executive director of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospital fined over 18 weeks backlog
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust has been fined nearly £1m so far this year for failing to meet referral-to-treatment times.
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NewsExclusive: Dr Foster names 10 trusts overlooking fast recovery processes
Ten hospital trusts which do not follow evidence-based processes for fast recovery from surgery have been named by Dr Foster Intelligence.
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NewsDebt deferral measures to support would-be foundation trusts
The Department of Health has indicated that the vast majority of trusts needing financial support to achieve foundation trust status will receive it through the deferral of their loan repayments.
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CommentPatchy progress on reducing acute activty in the South West
Progress towards achieving the holy grail of acute activity reduction is patchy across the South West, with varying effects on trust finances.
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NewsWhistleblowers challenge government over protection
A group of NHS whistleblowers plans to challenge the government over the level of protection provided to staff who raise concerns.
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HSJ Local
Use of agency increases in wake of Cornwall headcount reduction
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which is trying to cut 400 posts out of the workforce, has increased the number of agency staff it uses.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall hit by readmissions tariff
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is underperforming by £2.3m against the contract with its main commissioner, largely due to unpaid readmissions.
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HSJ Local
South West trusts sign pharma research deal
COMMERCIAL: Five NHS trusts have begun working with the world’s biggest biopharmaceutical company to provide patients for clinical trials.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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NewsEighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exits
Nearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsRoyal Cornwall's appeal in whistleblowing case dismissed by tribunal
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust faces a bill for £1.3m after losing an appeal against its former chief executive John Watkinson.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds Royal Cornwall has made improvements
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors are now satisfied with the safety of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s operating theatres.
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CommentSouth West trust chiefs in merry-go-round shake up
The impending departure of Weston Area Health Trust’s chief executive to Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust next month has sparked a round of musical chairs in the South West.
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HSJ Local
Video conferencing technology improves access in South West
COMMERCIAL: Clinicians at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital can now assess a baby’s heartbeat from more than 170 miles away after the trust installed video conferencing equipment by Radvision.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall chief exec announces departure
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust chief executive Peter Colclough has announced he is to leave the trust to become interim chief executive at Weston Area Health Trust.
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HSJ Local
Integration to reduce trips 'up the garden path' in Cornwall
STRUCTURE: The first of nine integrated health and social care hubs planned for Cornwall will begin operating next month as part of a four-way partnership between NHS organisations and Cornwall Council.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust achieves 78 per cent of its savings targets
FINANCE: The West Country acute trust had a cost improvement programme target of £19.7m but only achieved £15.3m in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall ordered to improve after never event
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has given the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust 28 days to address concerns uncovered following a recent never event.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
Commercial: Lloydspharmacy has been awarded a contract to provide dispensing services for outpatients of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.