All South West articles – Page 82
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Rheumatic diseases specialist forecasts deficit
FINANCE: Lower than expected income from PCTs has led to the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust forecasting a deficit of £909,000 for the financial year, rather than the planned surplus of £124,000.
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South Devon £2m above surplus target
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus at the end of November of £3.1m for the year to date, £2m more than planned.
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South Devon risks missing C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust reported one case of C difficile in November, bringing the year to date total to 15.
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Bristol just misses out on A&E standard in December
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust was marginally below the 95 per cent standard for patients treated within four hours in A&E in December.
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Bristol revises up surplus prediction
FINANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has revised its likely year end surplus up by £1m to £7m.
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Salisbury and Wiltshire dispute cost of services
FINANCE: A £15m gap is opening up between what NHS Wiltshire wants to pay for services at Salisbury Foundation Trust in the next financial year and what the trust says they should cost.
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Gloucs reports £1m deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is reporting a £1m deficit at the end of month nine - against a planned £1.7m surplus.
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Gloucestershire fails to hit Clostridium difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The year end target for Clostridium difficile cases has already been exceeded by Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Gloucestershire misses 95pc target again
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust only managed to treat just over 90 per cent of patients in A&E in December within four hours.
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South of England PCTs set to beat surplus target
FINANCE: Primary care trusts in the South of England region are expecting to beat their surplus targets by £5.5m, with a total combined surplus of £241m.
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Southern NHS trusts undershoot financial plan
FINANCE: NHS trusts in the South of England are forecasting a combined surplus nearly 10 per cent lower than target.
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Poole FT no longer in breach
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has confirmed that Poole Hospital Foundation Trust is no longer in significant breach of its authorisation.
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Commissioner contract still unsigned at RUH
FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has still not signed a contract with its lead commissioner for 2011-12, less than three months before the end of the financial year.
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NHS Cornwall suffers 'teething problems'
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly suffered “teething problems” after it transferred its financial processing and ledger operations to NHS Shared Business Service.
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Non-execs appointed to single BNSSG cluster board
WORKFORCE: The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has appointed non-executive directors to its single board.
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Devon hospital trust chair announces departure
WORKFORCE: The chair of Plymouth Hospitals Trust has announced he is stepping down to spend more time on his work as a military strategist.
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MD of Somerset CCG steps down
WORKFORCE: The managing director of Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has stood down from her role due to a conflict of interest.
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Northern Devon performs best on 18 week RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust was the only trust in the NHS Devon, Plymouth and Torbay primary care trust cluster to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target for all specialties during October.
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Software saves on NHS Wiltshire prescribing costs
FINANCE: A software package that advises GPs when chepaer alternative drugs are available had saved NHS Wiltshire £708,000 as of the end of October.
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Somerset CCG passes assurance visit
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has been risk rated green following an assurance visit.