All South West articles – Page 31
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Farewell to Andrew Ridley
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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News
Former South Devon chief pleads not guilty to fraud charges
Former hospital chief executive Paula Vasco-Knight has pleaded not guilty to three counts of fraud.
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News
Revealed: Funding for each success regime area
Funding for success regimes largely spent on consultants, legal advice and establishing small core programme teams Sources tell HSJ funding is welcome but “modest” compared to challenges the areas face NHS England has allocated just over £20m to the three areas in the national success regime programme to ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Dial I for inadequate
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Ambulance trust's 111 service rated inadequate
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust’s NHS 111 service has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: The state of care in the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Ambulance trust scraps out of hours contract over safety fears
PATIENT SAFETY: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has served notice on its current out of hours medical contract with Gloucestershire CCG because it can no longer “offer a safe and effective service” for patients, HSJ has learned.
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News
NHS Improvement names new regional leads
NHS Improvement appoints new regional leads Anne Eden appointed as executive regional managing director for the South Steve Russell to be executive regional managing director for London NHS Improvement has appointed new regional leads for London and the South.
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Why Yeovil's finances may be causing jitters
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Pioneering integrated care trust rated 'requires improvement'
Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust rated requires improvement by the CQC Area long viewed as integration pioneer, with “integrated care organisation” created last October Trust’s emergency department rated inadequate but staff rated outstanding for caring Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust, one of the first “integrated care ...
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News
NHS England equality lead charged with corruption offences
NHS England equalities chief faces corruption charges He was due to appear at court this morning alongside Paula Vasco-Knight and another man Local media reports he pleaded not guilty An NHS England equality lead has been charged with three counts of assisting in the commission of an offence ...
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Regulator to probe 'whistleblower' ambulance trust
REGULATION: NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, following allegations made by a whistleblower.
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: White smoke from Dorset
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Bournemouth is CCG's preferred choice for emergency centre
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust is Dorset CCG’s choice for new “major emergency hospital” Poole Hospital Trust, which also wanted the designation, stands to lose its A&E and become a “planned hospital” CCG believes Bournemouth option would be £42m cheaper and offer better patient access STRUCTURE: ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Kernow’s troubles continue
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Single bidder kept in race for children’s services contract
Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...
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HSJ Local
Evidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG
PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: England's only health economy running a surplus
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Northern Devon enters the home care market
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Local
Fear of competition rules stopped council pooling social care budget
Somerset County Council decided against rolling social care money into CCG’s outcome based commissioning plans Council received legal advice that it could not participate in non-competitive process CCG managing director says “most capable provider” process “not available” to NHS organisations from this month A council in the South ...