All South West articles – Page 72
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Taunton and Somerset takes part in complaints handling project
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is taking part in a Patients Association project to improve complaints handling.
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Plymouth trust appoints new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has appointed a retired NHS chief executive, a retired surgeon and a council chief executive as non-executive directors.
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UHBristol sells land to Pieminister
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has sold four acres of land to local firm Pieminister for a seven figure sum.
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Monitor warns of risks to Yeovil's plans
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has judged Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is a “high risk” due to recent personnel changes and lack of financial headroom.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare mental health unit rated excellent
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Glenbourne Unit has been assessed as excellent by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Plymouth avoids being 'escalated' as it delays FT application
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has pushed back its target date for applying to become a foundation trust.
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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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Salisbury appoints interim chief
Chief operating officer Peter Hill has been appointed interim chief executive of Salisbury Foundation Trust following the resignation of Caspar Ridley, who is leaving the trust after less than a year.
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NewsSouth West pay consortium chief predicts other regions will copy model
The man leading the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium has revealed representatives of other NHS regions have approached him for advice on setting up similar groups to drive down workforce costs.
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NewsNorth Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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South West trusts sign multimillion-pound imaging contract
COMMERCIAL: Five South West trusts have signed a multimillion-pound contract for a digital imaging system which will allow staff to view images taken in other hospitals.
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Plymouth in top fifth for cancer patient experience
PERFORMANCE: NHS providers in Plymouth scored in the top 20 per cent in the country in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Royal Cornwall scores well on involving patients
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust was one of the best performing trusts for cancer patients felling involved in decisions about their care, according to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Royal Devon and Exeter gets middle ranking most cancer survey measures
PERFORMANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust scored in the top 20 per cent on 13 out of 70 measures in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Poole comes out on top in cancer survey
PERFORMANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust has come out top in a key indicator for cancer care, with 94 per cent of patients rating their care excellent or very good.
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New X-Ray machine for Isles of Scilly
STRUCTURE: Peninsula Community Health has installed a new x-ray machine at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isles of Scilly that means residents will no longer have to visit the mainland for an x-ray.
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Complaints fall at Yeovil FT
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust saw a 13 per cent fall in the number of formal complaints received in 2011-12 comparted with the prevoius year.
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NewsRegional pay consortium claims it can save 6,000 jobs
More than 6,000 NHS “jobs” in the South West could be saved if major changes go ahead to staff pay, and terms and conditions, it has been claimed.
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UHBristol fails to treat colo-rectal cancer patients sensitively
PERFORMANCE: A fifth of cancer patients at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust felt they were not told about their diagnosis senstively enough, the result of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey for 2011-12 reveal.
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Northern Devon cancer patients raise privacy concerns
PERFORMANCE: Just 81 per cent of cancer patients at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust felt they were told about their diagnosis sensitively, according to the results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.