All South West articles – Page 32
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HSJ LocalVirgin 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 BriefingDeep 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 BriefingDeep 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 LocalNHS 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 LocalNHS 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 BriefingDeep South: Resetting the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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NewsNHS 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 BriefingDeep 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 BriefingDeep 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 BriefingDeep 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 LocalBristol 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 ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Farewell to Andrew Ridley
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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NewsFormer 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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NewsRevealed: 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 BriefingDeep 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 LocalAmbulance 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 BriefingDeep 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 LocalAmbulance 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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NewsNHS 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 BriefingDeep South: Why Yeovil's finances may be causing jitters
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell