All South West articles – Page 58
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HSJ Local
Bristol CCG still subject to authorisation conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group will continue to receive support from NHS England after failing to satisfy all the conditions on its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
Conditions lifted at Swindon CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group has had all of its conditions of authorisation lifted following a review by NHS England.
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HSJ Local
North Somerset CCG still subject to authorisation conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS North Somerset Commissioning Group will continue to receive support from NHS England after failing to satisfy all the conditions on its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
Pay overspend at South Devon
WORKFORCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust was overspent on pay by £1.7m at the end of quarter one.
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HSJ Local
CQC lifts concerns about Weston
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has lifted the three warning notices it placed on Weston Area Health Trust earlier this year.
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News
NHS Direct confirms 111 withdrawal
NHS Direct has confirmed it is seeking to pull out of all 11 of its contracts to provide NHS 111 as they have proved “financially unsustainable”.
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News
'Failings' in NHS 111 hotline
A new 24-hour health hotline is failing patients, according to an undercover television investigation.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals calls in consultants amid financial woe
FINANCE: KPMG has been drafted in by managers at Plymouth Hospitals Trust to help draw up a three-year plan to tackle a multi-million pound deficit.
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HSJ Local
Somerset CCG begins work on community services redesign
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is developing plans for closer working between health and social care in the county.
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HSJ Local
RUH behind plan on income
FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust is behind plan on its income by £833,000 due to underperformance on elective activity.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership behind on surplus
FINANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust was behind on its surplus target at the end of June.
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HSJ Local
A&E consultant shortage drives reconfiguration in Gloucestershire
STRUCTURE: A shortage of accident and emergency consultants is driving the reconfiguration of accident and emergency services in Gloucestershire, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Weston goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust has recruited 44 registered nurses from Spain.
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HSJ Local
'Trend' for medication incidents at Torbay
PERFORMANCE: There were 28 medication incidents at Torbay and Southern Devon Care Trust in May, governing body papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Virgin's Devon contract under scrutiny
COMMERCIAL: Virgin is being monitored closely in its provision of integrated children’s services in Devon due to poor performance in a number of areas, governing body papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership struggles with delayed discharge
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust lost 455 community hospital bed days due to delayed discharges in June.
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HSJ Local
Medical director leaves Plymouth Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust medical director Alex Mayor is leaving the trust to take up a role with the South West Academic Health Science Network, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Community services: challenges in retendering and renewal
Explaining the impact of the TCS programme
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HSJ Local
High levels of cancelled operations in Bristol
PERFORMANCE: Continuing pressure on acute hospital beds in Bristol has led to high levels of cancelled operations, CCG board papers report.
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HSJ Local
South Devon agrees backlog reduction plan with commissioners
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Trust is ahead of its plan to reduce its waiting list backlog.