All South West articles – Page 87

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Cornwall names AQP services

2011-10-26T12:46:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have decided to open up adult primary care psychological therapies, musculo-skeletal services for back and neck pain and community adult hearing services to any qualified provider.

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University Hospitals Bristol struggling with 62 day cancer target

2011-10-24T17:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is reporting a “high risk” of failing to meet the 62 day referral to treatment target for cancer patients this year.

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North Bristol releases nearly £2m of reserves

2011-10-24T17:19:00Z

FINANCE: North Bristol Trust has had to release £1.7m of reserves to “offset” planned capacity reductions that have not been achieved.

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SW clusters press ahead with development of commissioning support

2011-10-24T17:16:00Z

STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in the south west have been given until December to decided what commissioning support they want to buy in.

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Plymouth hospital trust warns local CCGs to work together over council boundaries

2011-10-21T19:01:00Z

STRUCTURE: The East Cornwall Clinical Commissioning Group is being encouraged to work closely with two CCGs in neighbouring Devon to better match patient flow.

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Use of agency increases in wake of Cornwall headcount reduction

2011-10-21T15:16:00Z

WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which is trying to cut 400 posts out of the workforce, has increased the number of agency staff it uses.

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Royal Cornwall hit by readmissions tariff

2011-10-21T14:59:00Z

FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is underperforming by £2.3m against the contract with its main commissioner, largely due to unpaid readmissions.

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Delay to plans for integrated sexual health service

2011-10-17T18:27:00Z

PERFORMANCE: All but one of the services provided by new social enterprise Sirona Care & Health has been registered by the Care Quality Commission.

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South West trusts sign pharma research deal

2011-10-17T18:08:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Five NHS trusts have begun working with the world’s biggest biopharmaceutical company to provide patients for clinical trials.

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New Somerset social enterprise sets 'marker in the sand'

2011-10-14T18:29:00Z

STRUCTURE:  A social enterprise has expressed a formal interest in taking on primary care trust estate despite Department of Health rules banning non NHS organisations from taking on NHS assets.

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GWAS names FT partner

2011-10-14T17:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: Great Western Ambulance Service has named South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust as its preferred takeover partner.

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Cases of C difficile fall at Gloucestershire's community hospitals

2011-10-13T18:11:00Z

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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BANES rejects GPs claim for responsibility payment

2011-10-13T18:11:00Z

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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Weston confirms it is not viable

2011-10-12T18:35:00Z

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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Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC

2011-10-11T19:23:00Z

WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.

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NHS Gloucestershire invests in telehealth

2011-10-11T18:59:00Z

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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NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning

2011-10-11T18:23:00Z

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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Contract to wire North Bristol Trust new PFI hospital awarded

2011-10-10T18:09:00Z

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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University Hospitals Bristol records mixed sex breaches

2011-10-06T17:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust had three mixed sex accomodation breaches in July.

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North Bristol exceeds C difficile and MSSA targets

2011-10-06T17:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has exceeded its target for cases of C difficile and reached its annual limit for MRSA cases.