All South West articles – Page 99
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Somerset Partnership FT seeks to address high level of ligature incidents
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s key commissioner NHS Somerset reported to its December board that the mental health provider experienced a significant surge in deliberate patient self harm using ligatures between the first and second quarters of 2010-11.
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NHS Gloucestershire predicts healthy surplus
FINANCE: NHS Gloucestershire is on course to achieve its planned year end surplus of £8.7m.
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NHS Gloucestershire to get money back from management cuts
WORKFORCE: The South West Specialist Commissioing Group has agreed to reduce management costs by 17.7 per cent over the next three years.
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IT savings help Bath and Somerset to underspend
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is forecasting an underspend of £604,000 at the end of month seven of the financial year.
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Audit Commission highlights weaknesses at Great Western Ambulance Service
FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual audit of Great Western Ambulance Service highlighted two serious weaknesses in reporting.
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Yeovil District Hospital FT introduces band 4 HCAs
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital FT is working towards its first group of band 4 associate practitioners.
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NHS Plymouth confident of surplus despite commissioning overspend of £11.5m
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Plymouth is forecasting an overspend on commissioning of £11.5m.
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University Hospitals Bristol FT presses ahead with partnership plans
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol and North Bristol Trust have set up a partnership board to take forward plans to work more closely together.
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NHS Devon moves ahead with plans for provider arm
STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has de-prioritised the transfer of NHS Devon’s provider arms.
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust predicts £4.6m deficit
FINANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust is forecasting to break even at the end of the year despite reporting a £4.6m deficit.
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CQC recomemends improvement at Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: The CQC have made seven recommendations for improvement at Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Royal Devon and Exeter ahead of plan on suplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter FT is predicting a year end surplus £0.4m above plan.
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South Western Ambulance Service wins one and loses one
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service is set to take over an out of hours treatment centre from a PCT.
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Dorset Healthcare University FT acquisition of community services moves forward
STRUCTURE: Dorset Healthcare University FT’s takeover of local community services is pressing ahead.
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Yeovil District Hospital FT talks pathology with private sector
COMMERCIAL: Yeovil District Hospital FT and Taunton and Somerset FT are looking at developing an integrated pathology service.
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Delayed discharge problems at Dorset County Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The board of Dorset County Hospitals FT has expressed concern about levels of delayed discharge.
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More than 20 leave Devon Partnership Trust under MARS
WORKFORCE: More than 20 employees are to leave Devon Partnership NHS Trust under MARS agreements.
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Action plan in the wake of patient murder
PERFORMANCE: The board has agreed an action plan in response to a murder committed by a patient under the trust’s care.
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Royal Cornwall falling behind on surplus plans
FINANCE: The trust is reporting a high risk it will not achieve its planned surplus of £9.7m.
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Royal United Hospitals Bath aims to reduce redundancies
WORKFORCE: The trust has introduced ring fenced recruitment to mitigate potential redundancies arising from QIPP projects and structural changes.