All South West articles – Page 81
-
HSJ Local
NHS Bristol gets keys to new hospital
COMMERCIAL: Building work has completed on the £45m South Bristol Community Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
2gether appoints GP to board
WORKFORCE: 2gether NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a GP as a new non-executive.
-
HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall closes ward after allegations of poor care
WORKFORCE: Police are investigating “a number of” allegations relating to the care of a patient on a ward at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
NHS Bristol to tender for new mental health provider
COMMERCIAL: Secondary mental health services in Bristol are to be put out to tender after clinicians raised concerns about the quality being delivered by the current provider.
-
CommentMental health provider under scrutiny in the South West
NHS Bristol’s decision to re-tender the city’s mental health service comes at a bad time for current provider Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust.
-
HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership has addressed CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating from Monitor has returned to green, less than two months after it was downgraded due to concerns about patient care.
-
HSJ Local
Rise in 'digestive procedures' prompts overspend on private contract
FINANCE: NHS Swindon is forecasting an overspend on its contract with the private provider BMI.
-
HSJ Local
NHS Swindon challenges GWH on overperformance
FINANCE: NHS Swindon is at “significant” risk of failing to achieve its planned £2.9m surplus.
-
HSJ Local
Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire to be centralised
STRUCTURE: Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire are to be centralised at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital from summer 2012.
-
HSJ Local
AWP rejects clinicians bid to set up a social enterprise
STRUCTURE: The Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust board has rejected a request from a group of clinicans to break away and establish a social enterprise in Bristol which could potentially become a competitor when services are put out to tender.
-
HSJ Local
IT problems cause FT delay for Bath
STRUCTURE: Royal United Hospital Bath’s planned date for the submission of its foundation trust application to the DH has been delayed.
-
HSJ Local
Gloucestershire backs down over social enterprise plan
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust has backed down on the second day of a judicial review hearing by agreeing to reconsider the future of its community services.
-
HSJ Local
North Somerset failing on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset failed targets for C difficile and MRSA during November.
-
HSJ Local
PCT in court over community services transfer
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust’s claim it could not transfer its provider arm to an NHS organisation is “inaccurate and flawed”, the High Court has heard.
-
HSJ Local
North Bristol failing four hour target due to 'lack of beds'
PERFORMANCE: A lack of medical beds has seen North Bristol Trust miss the four hour accident and emergency target every month since September 2011 and is compromising performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target.
-
HSJ Local
New software causes 'significant problems' at North Bristol
PERFORMANCE: The introduction of a new electronic record and patient administration system has caused “significant” problems with outpatient appointments at North Bristol Trust.
-
HSJ Local
Three C difficile cases cost £55,000 under CQUIN system
PERFORMANCE: Three cases of C difficile have cost the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust £55,000 in CQUIN payments and could lead it to be red-rated for governance by Monitor.
-
HSJ Local
Salisbury begins work on a neo-natal intensive care unit
SERVICES: Work has started on a new neo-natal intensive care unit at Salisbury District Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
Bournemouth and Christchurch exceeds planned surplus
FINANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust had a year to date surplus of £5.3m against a plan of £2.2m at the end of November, board members heard.
-
HSJ Local
Dorset reaches £10m agreement with Lloyds TSB
FINANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has got agreement to draw down up to £10m of working capital from Lloyds TSB.