All South West articles – Page 64
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Dorset launches 'immediate' nurse recruitment
WORKFORCE: An acute trust in the south west has begun immediate recruitment of extra qualified nurses in response to concerns the wards were short staffed.
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Competition investigations spell problems for mergers
Trusts’ merger plans are likely to be blocked if they cannot prove they are the only way to improve services, new advice from Monitor suggests.
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Senior Plymouth nurse to take on regional leadership role
WORKFORCE: One of Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s most senior nurses is leaving to become head of leadership development for NHS South of England.
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New nursing director for Plymouth Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust director of nursing and governance Greg Dix has been appointed director of nursing at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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New finance director for Devon Partnership
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust director of financial services Sarah Brampton is leaving the trust to become finance director at Devon Partnership Trust.
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CCP to consider acute services 'merger' in Bristol
COMMERCIAL: A planned reconfiguration of acute services in Bristol could be disrupted after the Co-operation and Competition Panel decided the changes constituted a merger and announced it would assess the plans.
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Devon clinicians plan dementia trial
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Two Devon clinicians are leading a research project designed to assess the impact of Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therpay on dementia patients.
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South West ambulance appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has appointed Alison Walker as executive medical director.
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Northern Devon closes inpatient beds
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced a temporary closure of a community hospital to inpatients following a critical Care Quality Commission inspection.
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High sickness rates at North Somerset Community Partnership
WORKFORCE: High sickness levels at North Somerset Community Partnership are causing concern for commissioners who fear it could be due to understaffing.
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Avon cancer network winding up
STRUCTURE: The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Service Network has stopped providing monthly performance reports to primary care trusts but is unable to release funding back to the PCT to carry on the work.
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Wealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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AWP criticised in more homicide cases
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been criticised for the care of three more patients who committed murder or manslaughter.
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Weston opens extra beds as emergency admissions rise
PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Health Trust has opened an additional ward to cope with increasing demand over the winter months.
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AWP appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has appointed Hayley Richards as its new medical director, succeeding Arden Tomison who is retiring.
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The Min to close inpatient neuro services
STRUCTURE: The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust is to cease providing inpatient neurological rehabilitation services from the end of March.
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Salisbury appoints permanent chief exec
WORKFORCE: Peter HIll has been appointed as chief executive at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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Salisbury cuts follow up urology visits
PERFORMANCE: The introduction of a nurse led telephone clinic for follow up urology appointments has saved more than 200 hospital attendances at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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Great Western misses 18 weeks target
PERFORMANCE: Issues with information technology and data quality in four community services have impacted on Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target in November.
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Northern Devon nominated for patient experience award
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been nominated for an award for its “mystery shopper” patient feedback scheme.