All South West articles – Page 77
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Uncertain future for Somerset learning disability services
COMMERCIAL: Learning disability services in Somerset could be put out to tender or spun off into a social enterprise, board papers reveal.
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AWP wins prison contract
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been awarded a contract to provide substance misuse services to HMP Bristol.
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North Bristol Trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: North Bristol Trust director of nursing Marie-Noelle Orzel is to take over as interim chief executive on 2 July.
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UHBristol strugglng with A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A shortage of nursing staff is one of the key reasons University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has consistently failed the four hour accident and emergency target in 2012.
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Concern about Avon and Wiltshire spreads
A second commissioner is considering retendering its services provided by a struggling mental health trust, in a move that could further destabilise the organisation.
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Reconfiguration high on Monitor's agenda after FT breach
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s response to financial problems at a struggling foundation trust has offered the first example of the watchdog’s new readiness to push for reconfiguration of services.
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NewsSeveral CCGs to be larger than outgoing PCTs
Three parts of the country will have clinical commissioning groups larger than the primary care trusts they will replace.
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Trust rips up FT plans and seeks merger
The board of Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust has voted unanimously to abandon plans to become a foundation trust and will instead seek a merger.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: faltering foundation trust ambitions in Devon
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: how the transforming community services programme is affecting Devon organisations’ foundation trust ambitions.
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South West has higher than average HCAI prevalence
PERFORMANCE: The prevalence of healthcare associated infections in the South West region is slightly above the national average, according to a report from the Health Protection Agency.
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Bristol cluster gets £1m research funding boost
RESEARCH: The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has been awarded almost £1m to support clinical research.
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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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HSJ LocalBristol 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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HSJ LocalIntegration 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.