All South West articles – Page 86
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HSJ Local
Cases of C difficile fall at Gloucestershire's community hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Cases of clostridium difficile in NHS Gloucestershire’s community hospitals fell by 25 per cent in 2010-11 compared to the previous year.
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HSJ Local
BANES rejects GPs claim for responsibility payment
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset has agreed to pay GPs on the local clinical commissioning group a higher rate of backfill than neighbouring PCTs but has rejected requests for an additional “responsibility payment”.
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HSJ Local
Weston confirms it is not viable
STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has declared it is not viable in its current form in its tripartite formal agreement setting out how it plans to achieve foundation trust status.
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HSJ Local
Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.
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HSJ Local
NHS Gloucestershire invests in telehealth
COMMERCIAL: NHS Gloucestershire has signed a £5m contract with Tunstall Healthcare for the provision of a telehealth service to 2,000 patients with long term conditions.
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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ Local
Contract to wire North Bristol Trust new PFI hospital awarded
COMMERCIAL: Apex Wiring Solutions has won a multi-million pound contract to supply wiring for North Bristol Trust’s new £430m private finance initiative hospital.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Bristol records mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust had three mixed sex accomodation breaches in July.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol exceeds C difficile and MSSA targets
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has exceeded its target for cases of C difficile and reached its annual limit for MRSA cases.
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HSJ Local
Two social enterprises up and running in the south west
STRUCTURE: The provider arms of NHS North Somerset and NHS Bristol have begun trading as social enterprises following a successful transfer on 1 October.
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HSJ Local
Interim medical director at Taunton and Somerset
WORKFORCE: An interim medical director has been appointed at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Royal Devon and Exeter gets backing for £19m research centre
COMMERCIAL: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has been granted planning permission for a £19m research centre.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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News
Ambulance services strive to avoid A&E
Two of England’s ambulance services have reduced the proportion of patients they convey to accident and emergency departments by more than 7 per cent since April, new figures from the Department of Health show.
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HSJ Local
Taunton and Somerset medical director steps down
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust’s medical director has stepped down but will continue to work as a consultant anaesthetist.
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HSJ Local
UPDATED: NHS South top team revealed
WORKFORCE: The executive team of the new NHS South of England strategic health authority cluster has been announced.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals makes 18 week target despite backlog
PERFORMANCE: Almost 1,400 patients waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment at Plymouth Hospitals Trust during June.
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HSJ Local
NHS Plymouth forced to increase savings targets
FINANCE: NHS Plymouth is £3m behind on its savings plan and is forecasting an underachievement of £8.6m by year end.
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HSJ Local
2gether FT grown by 25 per cent
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust has seen a 25 per cent increase in its income for 2011-12 after acquiring a number of new services.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall Partnership wants to be single learning disabilities provider
STRUCTURE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is planning to acquire children and adolescent mental health services, develop a perinatal service and become a single provider for learning disability services in Cornwall.