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3rd August 2010
Pharmacy services improved by robots
Swindon has introduced two robots as part of a £350,000 programme.
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29th July 2010
NHS chief paid £2,500 a day
Interim boss at Dorset County Hospital is paid more in a day than a nurse would receive in a month.
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27th May 2010
Blood boost for kidney patients
Southmead Hospital is offering 'blood group incompatible kidney transplantation'.
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27th May 2010
Budget restrictions at Derriford Hospital
Derriford Hospital in Plymouth face budget restrictions to reach a savings target of £27m.
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18th February 2010
Norovirus shuts wards at RUH
Outbreak of norovirus has closed six wards at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
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14th January 2010
Norovirus closes Wiltshire wards
Five wards at Great Western in Swindon, Savernake Hospital and Salisbury District Hospital have been closed due to norovirus.
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6th January 2010
Staff strike at NHS trust in Devon
Staff stage a 48-hour strike over implementation of Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
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21st October 2009
Cancer services move is not unlawful
Cornwall NHS says moving cancer services without holding a public consultation is not unlawful.
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9th October 2009
Lorenzo to be sold direct to south by iSoft
iSoft confirms it is to sell Lorenzo directly to NHS trusts in the south of England.
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2nd October 2009
Greenfield penalties for south
The NHS liable to pay BT £44m if it fails to deliver four 'greenfield' sites in the South of England ready and willing to take Cerner Millennium.
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23rd September 2009
Ward of flies closed
An infestation of flies has forced a specialist ward at Bristol's Heart Institute to close for six weeks.
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7th August 2009
Beach tests for STDs
Teenagers are being offered tests for sexually transmitted diseases while visiting a Dorset beach.
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1st July 2009
PCT taken to High Court over hospital unit
PCT taken to the High Court in London over its decision to close the minor injuries unit at a Wiltshire hospital.
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18th June 2009
Hygiene codes failed at health trust
The CQC said the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has failed to meet government infection control standards.
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27th March 2009
Monitoring doctors' hours row
The dispute over junior doctors working hours has intensified.
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11th March 2009
Norovirus closes two wards
Two wards were closed at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon after an outbreak of Norovirus.
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5th February 2009
Women's health centre to be built
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is building a women's health centre.
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2nd December 2008
Foundation trust status for hospital
Wiltshire's Great Western Hospital has been awarded foundation trust status.
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29th October 2008
Concern over single vaccine
UK researchers raise concerns over the monitoring of the safety of single measles and rubella jab.
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16th October 2008
Swindon deploys JAC
Swindon has implemented a JAC e-prescribing module alongside its existing pharmacy module.
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16th October 2008
Bristol chooses InView
Bristol choses CACI’s InView data warehouse and reporting system to underpin foundation status.
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4th August 2008
Theatre products tracked digitally
Cornwall hospital implements a new patient-level resource management system.
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9th July 2008
Single sign-on software at Winchester
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed single sign-on software from Evidian.
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27th June 2008
RUH shelves Millennium go-live
RUH has shelved its planned go-live of Millennium patient record system due to Fujitsu’s departure.
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25th June 2008
Fujitsu possible redundancies
Staff face possible redundancy following termination of Fujitsu’s £1.1bn contract.
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17th June 2008
Fujitsu may lose PACS deal
Fujitsu may not have its PACS contract renewed.
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16th May 2008
Millennium fails again
Cerner Millennium has failed for a second time in a month across Southern England.
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14th May 2008
Hospital opens breast milk bank
A Devon hospital has opened a new breast milk bank which stores donated milk for sick babies.
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9th May 2008
Stopping injections cuts MRSA
MRSA bloodstream infections cut by stopping intravenous injections say Winchester and Eastleigh.
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25th April 2008
Two patients a day at polyclinics
PCT bosses predict new polyclinics are set to treat as few as two patients per day in first year.
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10th April 2008
Watchdog pressures weak Trusts
The Healthcare Commission steps up pressure on weak Trusts.
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9th April 2008
Five-day-old baby gets pacemaker
Baby born with a serious heart condition is the youngest patient to have pacemaker fitted.
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4th April 2008
Millennium go-live in the South
Stoke Mandeville hospital is the latest hospital site to go-live with the Cerner Millennium.
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3rd April 2008
SW alcohol admissions rise
A new survey says the number of alcohol related hospital admissions in the South West has risen.
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27th March 2008
Cancer surgery move protest
Campaigners protest against plans to move some specialist cancer treatment services out of Cornwall.
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26th March 2008
NHS data security breaches
NHS organisations admit catalogue of security breaches involving confidential patient records.
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20th March 2008
Hospital asks people to stay away
Swindon hospital asks visitors to stay away if they have diarrhoea and vomiting bug.
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19th March 2008
£19m revamp for hospital
Community hospital in South Gloucestershire threatened with closure gets £19m facelift.
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12th March 2008
Internet diabetes monitoring
Dorset hospital first to allow people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels remotely.
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5th March 2008
Bristol hospital slammed
A lack of specialists in Bristol hospital could be putting children heart patients at risk.
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24th January 2008
Millions written off by NHS
Report suggests trusts are writing off millions in unpaid debts from private and overseas patients.
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10th January 2008
Mute swans have bird flu
Three mute swans in Dorset found dead with the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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4th December 2007
Muscular dystrophy campaign
Report says some neuromuscular disease patients in England may die too soon because of lack of care.
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27th September 2007
MS patients stem cells trial
Bristol to pioneer a new treatment for multiple sclerosis patients.
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26th September 2007
Bid to combat binge drinking
Alcohol support workers allowed to interview suspects in police cells.
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21st September 2007
Outbreak of Q fever
Investigation into outbreak of rare infection in Cheltenham.
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6th September 2007
Hospital bans bouquets
Dorset hospital announces ban on flowers because of risk of infection.
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4th September 2007
Mental health units axed
Inpatient services at three mental health units for elderly people in Gloucestershire to be axed.
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14th August 2007
Video training on C diff
NHS staff are to complete a 40-min video training module on tackling Clostridium difficile.
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12th July 2007
Breast cancer patients wait too long
Doctors warn patients with suspected breast cancer are waiting too long.
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4th July 2007
Millennium problems at Taunton
Taunton and Somerset delays deploying Cerner Millennium software due to ‘severe security problems'.
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22nd June 2007
Stem cell research begins in UK
Pioneering research beginning in the UK to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damage.
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31st March 2006
Surgery with theatre opens
PFI surgery with theatre opens in Calne, Wiltshire.
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30th March 2006
Shaping Mental Health Services
Public consultation for adult mental health services in Cornwall.
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28th March 2006
Ambulance Trust merger
Chairman of ambulance Trust 'ashamed' of merger plans.
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27th March 2006
Rally to mark hospital closure
Bradford-on-Avon campaigners rally round their local hospital.
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