All South West articles – Page 52
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New chief for Devon Partnership
WORKFORCE: Devon Partnership Trust has announced the appointment of Melanie Walker as its new chief executive.
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Controversial Serco GP contract cut short
The commissioners of a controversial Serco-run GP out of hours service said today they had reached “mutual agreement” with the outsourcing giant to end its contract 17 months early.
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Supplements
A helping hand for the NHS
Unnecessary hospital admissions and bed blocking are set to increase unless community support is ramped up
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make pathology reconfiguration work
Behind the scenes of the South West joint venture
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'Brave' South Gloucestershire CCG plans referred to health secretary
STRUCTURE: Councillors in South Gloucestershire have voted to refer plans to axe outpatient and diagnostic services at a local site to the health secretary.
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North Bristol behind on surplus
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust was behind its finance plan by £1.4m at the end of October.
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UHBristol fails cancer target after 'service swap'
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust failed the 62 day cancer target after it ceased to provide breast and urology services.
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Yeovil misses ambulance handover target
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Foundation Trust is failing commissioner targets on ambulance handovers, board papers reveal.
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South Devon Healthcare creates public health video services
PERFORMANCE: Self-help videos could soon be prescribed to patients by GPs as part of a joint-venture between the patient-controlled online medical records system, Patients Know Best, and Hiblio TV.
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HSJ Local
Poole seeks to fill executive vacancies after merger blocked
WORKFORCE: Poole Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Bown has announced he will leave the trust next year, after its merger plans were blocked.
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HSJ Local
Kernow CCG at risk of deficit
FINANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has warned it is at risk of failing to break even in 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
District nurses' working changes meet opposition
Gloucestershire Care Services Trust has defended proposals to change the way its district nurses work amid concerns from the Royal College of Nursing and local campaigners.
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HSJ Knowledge
How Bath developed new thinking on coping with winter pressures
A new approach to seasonal care
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HSJ Local
Cleaning cuts at Great Western
WORKFORCE: Hospital cleaners at a south west trust are threatening to strike over plans to cut cleaning hours by 5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
London trust and Priory bid for Bristol mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: The Priory Group and South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust are among the bidders shortlisted to lead the delivery of mental health services in Bristol, it has been announced.
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HSJ Knowledge
Nine steps to an effective informatics strategy
How IT and data can be solve an organisation’s problems
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HSJ Local
NHS England fails to recruit south west LAT director
STRUCTURE: A local area team director in the South region has taken on responsibility for another patch after a second recruitment process failed to find a suitable candidate.
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Former newspaper boss to chair Bristol Community Health
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed a new chair and four new non-executive directors including a staff member and a former newspaper boss.
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Plymouth appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Consultant radiologist Phil Hughes has been appointed medical director at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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Tariff 'paradox' often leaves trusts better off if patients contract infections
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The elimination of surgical site infections may leave trusts worse off financially for their work on certain specialisms, a study conducted by Plymouth Hospitals Trust suggests.