All South West articles – Page 80
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£3.3m funding boost for North Bristol
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust will receive £3.3m over the next year as part of the Department’s of Health capital giveaway.
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Northern Devon fails four hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust only saw 90.8 per cent of patients in accident and emergency within fours hours during January, against a target of 95 per cent.
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Yeovil struggling with 18 weeks in six specialties
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is failing the 18 week referral to treatment target in three specialties for admitted patients and three for non-admitted patients.
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RUH launches 'accelerated' introduction of ward rounds
PERFORMANCE: All wards at Royal United Hospital Bath will have commenced comfort rounds by the end of April 2012 in light of prime minister David Cameron’s recent announcement that nurses should conduct hourly rounds.
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Taunton and Somerset FT gets additional £5m
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has received additional funding of £5m from NHS Somerset.
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Stroke performance improves at Taunton and Somerset
PERFORMANCE: During December 84 per cent of stroke patients at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust spent 90 per cent of their time on a stroke unit against a required standard of 80 per cent.
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Performance improving at Avon and Wiltshire
FINANCE: The amount being paid by Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust in contract penalties has continued to fall at the start of this year.
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AWP reaches agreement in council tendering row
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has agreed to settle a legal action bought against North Somerset District Council over a recent tender exercise.
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GWAS performance falls
PERFORMANCE: There were no areas of “good or improved performance” to note at Great Western Ambulance Service during December, a report to the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Board said.
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Bristol and Somerset to work together on commissioning support
STRUCTURE: The NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster is working with NHS Somerset on developing a commissioning support service.
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PFI staff strike in Swindon
WORKFORCE: Hospital housekeeping staff employed by a private finance initiative partner have staged a series of walkouts over alleged management bullying.
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RUH 'unlikely' to close savings gap this year
FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust is £4.8m behind on its cost improvement plan year to date.
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Devon GPs sign up to improve QOF performance
COMMERCIAL: Torbay Care Trust has facilitated the purchase of software system for Torbay and Southern Devon CCG to monitor their performance against the quality and outcomes framework.
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Somerset acutes sign pathology deal
COMMERCIAL: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have signed a contract with Integrated Pathology Partnerships to form a new pathology services joint venture.
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HSJ LocalIan Cumming no longer to join North Bristol
WORKFORCE: Ian Cumming has decided not to take up the post of chief executive at North Bristol Trust in order to continue with his roll as national director for quality during the transition full time.
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CommentWill a South West community services court case be a pyrrhic victory?
After the dust settles on Michael Lloyd versus NHS Gloucestershire, will campaigners find they have actually won a pyrrhic victory in their bid to keep the county’s community services in the NHS?
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New chief exec appointed to BANES cluster
WORKFORCE: Ed Macalister Smith has been appointed to lead the Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster through its last year of existence.
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CQC orders improvements at Great Western Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has ordered Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust to make improvements to the safety of its operating theatres.
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Great Western signs up with Swindon Town FC
COMMERCIAL: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide MRI scans to Swindon Town Football Club.
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Three commissioning support services under development in South West
STRUCTURE: Three commissioning support organisations are working on business cases in the south west of England, but discussions are still ongoing in several PCT areas.