Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – Page 15

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Stroke performance improves at Taunton and Somerset

2012-03-02T18:18:00Z

PERFORMANCE: During December 84 per cent of stroke patients at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust spent 90 per cent of their time on a stroke unit against a required standard of 80 per cent.

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Somerset acutes sign pathology deal

2012-02-24T18:31:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have signed a contract with Integrated Pathology Partnerships to form a new pathology services joint venture.

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Somerset Partnership has addressed CQC concerns

2012-02-15T17:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating from Monitor has returned to green, less than two months after it was downgraded due to concerns about patient care.

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Taunton and Somerset FT awards building contract

2012-01-19T23:29:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has awarded the contract for building its £34m single room development to construction firm BAM.

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Taunton and Somerset gets good rating from NHSLA

2012-01-09T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has achieved the best risk rating possible from the NHS Litigation Authority.

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Taunton and Somerset ahead of plan on surplus

2011-12-21T17:25:00Z

FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus £214,000 ahead of plan.

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Yeovil behind plan on surplus

2011-12-16T13:23:00Z

FINANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has a surplus £63,000 behind plan.

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Activity falls at Yeovil

2011-12-15T16:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Activity at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is behind plan by an average of 3 per cent.

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Yeovil struggles to recruit doctors to A&E

2011-12-15T16:35:00Z

WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is forming a strategic alliance with a neighbouring trust to help tackle recruitment problems in accident and emergency.

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Taunton gets £12m loan for rebuild

2011-12-06T17:58:00Z

FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has received a £12m loan from the NHS financing facility to enable the building of five new wards.

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Eleven homicides investigated at AWP

2011-12-01T19:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is subject to 11 investigations into homicides by NHS South West, more than any other mental health trust in the region.

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Somerset Partnership fails to find GP for senior post

2011-11-17T15:45:00Z

WORKFORCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust has failed to appoint a GP as deputy medical director, despite extending the closing date for applications to encourage a larger pool of candidates to apply.

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Community services boosts financial position at Somerset Partnership

2011-11-16T18:51:00Z

FINANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of £1.5m, but is warning it must take “immeidate action” to control expenditure on mental health wards.

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Community DTOC up at Somerset Partnership

2011-11-15T14:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust lost more than 500 bed days to delayed discharges during September.

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Yeovil wins £250k research grant

2011-11-01T16:32:00Z

FINANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded a £250,000 research grant by the Department of Health to conduct research into treatement for colorectal cancer.

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NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning

2011-10-11T18:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Interim medical director at Taunton and Somerset

2011-10-05T17:30:00Z

WORKFORCE: An interim medical director has been appointed at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust.

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Taunton and Somerset medical director steps down

2011-09-30T17:39:00Z

WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust’s medical director has stepped down but will continue to work as a consultant anaesthetist.

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Somerset Partnership concerned about any willing provider

2011-09-21T10:45:00Z

WORKFORCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is to appoint a GP as deputy medical director to help build strong relationships with GP led clinical commissioning group.

Comment

Private income avenues being explored in the South West

2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

Five foundation trusts in the overcrowded provider landscape of east Dorset and west Somerset are all looking to drum up some more private business.