All South West articles – Page 44
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HSJ Local
Relations between Devon health organisations 'strained', TDA chief admits
COMMERCIAL: Relations between a Devon trust and its local clinical commissioning group are ‘strained’, the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority has said.
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Comment
The guidance you can swear by for the 'F' word frailty
A guide for health and social care workers to identify frailty
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HSJ Local
Tribunal to hear Great Western staff racial discrimination claims
WORKFORCE: Hospitality staff at Great Western Hospital in Swindon will be able to pursue claims of racial discrimination and harassment following a ruling by an employment tribunal.
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HSJ Local
CCG to extend community provider contract
COMMERCIAL: Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is to extend the contract of its community services provider by a year, with it now ending in March 2017.
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HSJ Knowledge
Rising Stars: Help emerging leaders to shine
Creating the right conditions for leaders to thrive
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News
Exclusive: NHS England appoints director for new care models
HSJ chief executive of the year Samantha Jones will join NHS England this month as director of new models of care for NHS England.
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News
Three southern CSUs to formally merge
Three commissioning support units have announced they are planning to enter into a formal merger.
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News
A&E performance at all-time low as emergency admissions peak
Hospitals say there is ‘unprecedented’ demand on their emergency services as admissions hit their highest level in 10 years.
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HSJ Local
South Devon appoints new permanent chief executive
WORKFORCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive with experience of integrating care in Northern Ireland.
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HSJ Partners
Contracting to commissioning: why does NHS change take so long?
A transformational shift is needed
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HSJ Local
North Somerset shortlists bidders for community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Three organisations have been shortlisted for a contract to provide community services in North Somerset.
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Comment
Why plans to 'ration' surgery in Devon were too politically unpalatable
A canary in a coalmine?
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News
Waiting time standards toughened up under contract proposals
Tougher financial penalties will be imposed on trusts that fail to meet waiting time standards and commissioners’ freedom to waive penalties will be curbed under NHS England’s draft standard contract for 2015-16, which was published this week.
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HSJ Local
Rheumatology patients turned away due to pressure on service
Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has became the latest hospital to close its doors to patients because of “extremely high demand” on its services.
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HSJ Local
Dorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.
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HSJ Local
NEW Devon drops plans to restrict surgery for smokers and obese patients
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has dropped controversial ‘rationing’ plans that would have restricted elective surgery to smokers and obese patients.
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HSJ Local
NEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol sees further emergency performance dip
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has seen its performance against the four hour accident and emergency standard dip to 80.7 per cent last month.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall trust appoints Bill Shields as interim chief
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has appointed Bill Shields as its interim chief executive.