Royal Devon University Healthcare FT – Page 12
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Analysed: Community engagement in Mid Devon
Examining the future of Tiverton and District Hospital after a meeting between commissioners and the public
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NEW Devon sets priorities
PERFORMANCE: The Eastern locality of the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has set three priorities for 2013-14.
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Blogs
Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase
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RDE slightly behind plan on surplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust generated a surplus of £1.3m in 2012-13, against a plan of £3.5m.
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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.
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Royal Devon & Exeter issues mortality rate statement
PERFORMANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has issued a statement in a bid to reassure patients over recent media coverage “suggesting that this trust has higher than expected death rates”.
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Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Devon clinicians plan dementia trial
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Two Devon clinicians are leading a research project designed to assess the impact of Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therpay on dementia patients.
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Northern Devon closes inpatient beds
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced a temporary closure of a community hospital to inpatients following a critical Care Quality Commission inspection.
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Northern Devon nominated for patient experience award
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been nominated for an award for its “mystery shopper” patient feedback scheme.
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News
District general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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Northern Devon cottage hospital upgrade reaches final stage
STRUCTURE: Plans for a £1.3m upgrade of a community hospital run by Northern Devon Healthcare Trust have been unveiled.
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Weston abandons ambition to form integrated care organisation
STRUCTURE: Plans for an integrated care organisation incorporating England’s smallest acute have been abandoned, it has been confirmed.
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Northern Devon launches service review
An integrated NHS trust which has twice delayed its foundation trust application has launched a service review that is likely to result in the closure of community hospital beds.
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Rural FTs look to closer working to shore up future
STRUCTURE: Two successful foundation trusts are exploring means of working together more closely, including a possible merger, in an attempt to meet the challenge of providing care in a rural setting.
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Northern Devon puts back FT application a second time
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is seeking a revised submission date for its foundation trust application, strategic health authority board papers reveal.
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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.
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Royal Devon and Exeter gets middle ranking most cancer survey measures
PERFORMANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust scored in the top 20 per cent on 13 out of 70 measures in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Northern Devon cancer patients raise privacy concerns
PERFORMANCE: Just 81 per cent of cancer patients at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust felt they were told about their diagnosis sensitively, according to the results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Four SW trusts sign up to research on admissions
RESEARCH: Four acute trusts in the South West are taking part in a study that aims to identify how decision making and clinical experience can reduce unnecessary admissions.