All South West articles – Page 75
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Royal United Hospital Bath refunds commissioners
FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has had to refund commissioners £34,000.
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Monitor calls time on smallest FT 'The Min'
STRUCTURE: Monitor has ordered the board of the country’s smallest foundation trust to develop a strategy for its future after concluding it cannot survive on its own.
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Gloucestershire could set up CFT
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire will be allowed to consider setting up a community foundation trust to house its provider arm, after being granted special permission from the Department of Health.
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Bristol acutes consider merger
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have set up a project board to consider whether the two organisations should merge to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust ended almost two years without a case or MRSA when a patient contracted the superbug last month.
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South Devon over achieves surplus
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust finished 2011-12 with a surplus of around £4.6m, £2.4m ahead of plan.
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Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
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PFI partner investigated over strike allegations
WORKFORCE: A facilities management firm working at an NHS hospital is being investigated over allegations it brought in agency workers to cover for striking staff members.
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Royal Cornwall fined £130,000
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been fined £46,000 for breaches of rules on mixed sex accommodation and £85,525 for ambulance handover times longer than 15 minutes.
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Northern Devon ahead on surplus
FINANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust finished 2011-12 with a surplus of £1.6m about £23,000 ahead of its revised agreed plan with NHS South of England.
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Devon cluster meets 6 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay cluster met the six week target for diagnostic tests for the first time in 2011-12 during February.
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Devon CCGs confirm authorisation plans
STRUCTURE: South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group is hoping to be among the first wave of CCGs to be authorised, while North East and West (NEW) Devon CCG is aiming for wave three.
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Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment.
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South of England region reports 'dramatic improvement' in stroke services
PERFORMANCE: The South of England strategic health authority cluster is reporting “dramatic improvement” in the number of patients receiving specialist stroke care in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.
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TCS procurement could trouble Torbay's FT ambitions
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster responsible for commissioning services from Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust has warned there is a “likely” and “severe” risk the organisation could struggle to achieve foundation trust status.
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Cornwall ordered to pay £70,000 CHC costs
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has been found liable for almost £70,000 of Continuing Healthcare Funding for care of a patient dating back to 2006.
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Royal Cornwall pursues AQP opportunity
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to make a submission to become a qualified provider of imaging services in Cornwall when the primary care trust opens them up under the any qualified provider policy.
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University Hospitals Bristol ahead of plan on surplus
FINANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust achieved a surplus almost 50 per cent ahead of plan for 2011-12.
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Bristol board approves new cancer centre
STRUCTURE: The board of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have approved plans for a £16m expansion of the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre.
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Yeovil stroke patients in Nintendo Wii trial
RESEARCH: Stroke patients at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust are taking part in two trials aimed at improving recovery.