All South West articles – Page 85
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CommentSouth West shouts about its success as handover looms
No one could accuse NHS South West’s 133-page handover document, published last week, of being anything less than exhaustive.
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Delayed discharges force Royal Devon to cut operations
PERFORMANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust was forced to reduce elective procedures due to the high number of patients waiting for suitable ongoing care outside hospital.
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Taunton gets £12m loan for rebuild
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has received a £12m loan from the NHS financing facility to enable the building of five new wards.
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Gloucestershire fails four hour A&E standard
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing the four hour accident and emergency target.
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Salisbury appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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CQC holds up Devon Partnership FT timetable
PERFORMANCE: Devon Partnership Trust’s foundation trust application has been delayed due to a responsive review by the Care Quality Commission.
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Cornwall Partnership governance risk downgraded
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust’s Monitor governance rating has been downgraded to amber/red owing to Care Quality Commision concerns about services.
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Eleven homicides investigated at AWP
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is subject to 11 investigations into homicides by NHS South West, more than any other mental health trust in the region.
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NHS South West exceeds planned surplus
FINANCE: NHS South West delivered a surplus for NHS organisations in the region £10m higher than planned.
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth agree next step towards merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts have agreed to pursue a merger in order to ensure the retention of “sustainable local services”.
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AWP criticised over patient homicides
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been criticised for failing in the care of two patients from Swindon who went on to kill people within months of each other.
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Dorset County no longer in breach
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospitals Foundation Trust is no longer in breach of its terms of authorisation after Monitor’s compliance board committee was satisfied that the trust had delivered necessary improvements in its finances.
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RUH behind on CIP
FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath has achieved less than half of its cost improvement plan year to date and is predicting a year end shortfall of £5.8m.
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NHS Somerset names AQP services
COMMERCIAL: NHS Somerset has identified podiatry, children’s wheelchair services and diagnostics as the three services it plans to open up to any qualified provider.
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Marketing helps specialist trust halt activity decline
FINANCE: Activity levels have improved at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust leading to the forecast year end position improving by £50,000.
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South Devon overachieving surplus
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has overachieved its planned surplus by £766,000 at the end of month six.
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Weston falls behind on QIPP
FINANCE: Weston Area Health Trust was £834,000 behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plan at the end of month six, equivalent to almost 14 per of the total.
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Wiltshire's innovative outcomes based commissioning restricts patient choice
STRUCTURE: NHS Wiltshire has commissioned an outcomes based continuing healthcare service designed to improve quality, reduce cost and link up with social care – but which completely restricts patient choice.
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National quality director takes job as acute chief exec
WORKFORCE: Department of Health national director of quality Ian Cumming is to take over as chief executive at North Bristol Trust when incumbent Ruth Brunt retires next year.
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Community services boosts financial position at Somerset Partnership
FINANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of £1.5m, but is warning it must take “immeidate action” to control expenditure on mental health wards.