All South West articles – Page 30
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Tributes to a GP leader
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...
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HSJ Local
Updated: Trust heading for unexpected deficit after governance failings
Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had planned for £5.3m year-end surplus but had deficit of £11.1m by August Review conducted into finances after “concerns raised at a number of levels within the trust” “Changes” to planning assumptions “offset an underlying loss of financial control and a failure to fully deliver ...
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HSJ Local
Second South West social enterprise to close next month
Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...
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HSJ Local
South West trust takes action following mortality concerns
Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The class of 2011
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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News
Bournemouth and Poole reopen talks on blocked merger
Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital Foundation Trust reopen merger talks Previous attempt at merger blocked by competition authority in 2013 after landmark decision Trusts say merger needed to make planned acute reconfiguration in east Dorset work Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The Southern Health carve-up continues
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Trust approves £300k increase in nurse spending following inspection
A trust in Wiltshire, which was told to improve staffing levels earlier this year, has earmarked nearly £300,000 for additional nursing staff.
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HSJ Local
Virgin Care preferred bidder for £69m community services contract
Virgin Care selected as preferred bidder for £69m community services contract in Bath and north east Somerset Firm beat Sirona Care and Health consortium, which included two trusts Commissioners say contract will include clause requiring any surplus to be “reinvested into services in Bath and north east Somerset” ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: A trio of inspection reports
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The cost of Kernow
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
NHS England rows back on £396k deal for CCG interim director
Kernow CCG will be forced to revisit contract for interim turnaround director The group had been approved to spend £396,000 recruiting a new interim turnaround director during the current financial year NHS England has now said the appointment “will not continue at that rate”, as this would not comply ...
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HSJ Local
NHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director
The £396,000 includes agency fees and contractual payments to employ turnaround director “during the current financial year”. Actual length of appointment still subject to agreement Post filled by Keith Pringle, who has previously worked with Hampshire CCGs and Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust APPOINTMENT: NHS England has authorised a ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Resetting the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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News
NHS England investigates primary care support service after 'serious incident'
NHS England has launched a review following a “serious incident” involving patient documents by a former primary care support services provider.
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Jim Mackey’s naughty step
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Public-private joint venture and Brexit fallout
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Smart's verdict on Southern Health
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Bristol heart review finds 'no evidence' of 1990s failures being repeated
Children’s heart services review finds outcomes at University Hospitals Bristol “broadly comparable” with other centres However, parents sometimes “let down”, nursing staff “regularly under pressure” and managers took “unnecessarily defensive position” NHS England to publish plans for reconfigured congenital heart disease services next week PATIENT SAFETY: The independent ...