University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust – Page 11
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HSJ Local
South West hospitals perform well against SHMI
PERFORMANCE: Five trusts in the south west had higher than expected mortality under the standardised hospital mortality indicator.
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NewsConcern over Monitor's Bristol 'merger' decision
Monitor has concluded that quality improvements borne of a recent reconfiguration of acute services in Bristol are not sufficient to outweigh the loss of patient choice resulting from the “merger”. The competition regulator said the decision would have “important considerations” for the “wider health system”.
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Monitor given more time to consider Bristol service swaps
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has granted Monitor more time to consider whether the benefits of service swaps between Bristol’s two acute trusts outweigh the loss of competition.
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Bristol based researchers get £9m funding boost
RESEARCH: A team of health researchers based at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been given £9m by the National Institute of Health Research.
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New chair for Weston brings 'change experience'
WORKFORCE: A former managing director of Debenhams has been confirmed as the new chair of Weston Area Health Trust by the The NHS Trust Development Authority.
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CQC lifts concerns about Weston
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has lifted the three warning notices it placed on Weston Area Health Trust earlier this year.
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Weston goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust has recruited 44 registered nurses from Spain.
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High levels of cancelled operations in Bristol
PERFORMANCE: Continuing pressure on acute hospital beds in Bristol has led to high levels of cancelled operations, CCG board papers report.
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Plans for Bristol and Bath vascular network
STRUCTURE: North Bristol Trust’s Southmead hospital is likely to be the centre of a new vascular network across Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
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Three risk summits held in south west
PERFORMANCE: Risk summits have been held about three south west NHS organisations between October 2012 and 1 May this year.
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Thousands of Bristol patients take part in clinical trials
CLINICAL RESEARCH: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has received almost £3m income from the National Institute for Health Research through involving patients in clinical trials.
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New midwifery-led unit for Bristol
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is opening a new midwifery-led birthing unit at St Michael’s hospital in the city.
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Weston reorganises management structure
STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has reorganised its management structure from three divisions into two.
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Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
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Weston to recruit more nurses
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust’s board has agreed to fund an additional 62.6 full time equivalent nurses and healthcare assistants to improve patient safety and patient experience.
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North Somerset A&E patients face long waits
PERFORMANCE: More than a quarter of north somerset patients who attended a local accident and emergency department in March faced waits of longer than four hours.
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High street shops to open at Bristol Royal Infirmary
COMMERCIAL: Four leading high street reatilers are to open stores in Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new Welcome Centre after signing contracts with University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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Flory: Francis has moved an all-FT NHS back two years
The consequences of the Francis inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire care scandal have pushed back the process of getting all NHS providers to foundation trust status by two years, David Flory has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCCP finds Bristol 'service swap' could be anti-competitive
COMMERCIAL: Plans to centralise some acute services in Bristol could be anti-competitive and must be investigated further, the Co-operation and Competition Panel has ruled.