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Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust ran North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple and community hospitals in Ilfracombe, Bideford, Holsworthy and Bideford. It merged with the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust in April 2022 to form the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. History The trust decided in October 2015 to close medical beds in the community hospitals in Ilfracombe and Bideford in order to save money. The trust was criticised by the Taxpayers Alliance in December 2013 for spending more than £370,000 on 870 tablet devices for staff. The trust said that these devices were necessary for staff who covered a wide area and saved money. The chair and chief executive both left in 2018 and the chair and chief executive of the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are to take their places although the two organisations remained separate. Performance In April 2014 the trust achieved a high rating in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Devon District Hospital
North Devon District Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in the town of Barnstaple, North Devon, England run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the North Devon Infirmary established in Litchdon Street in 1824. Services were transferred to the present facility which occupies the site of the historic manor house of Raleigh, in the former parish of Pilton, seat of the locally influential Chichester family. The building of the hospital was promoted by Jeremy Thorpe when he was MP for Devon North and it opened at its present location in 1979. Services It has an accident & emergency department and offers services such as orthopaedics, key hole surgery, stroke care and cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Devon And Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust ran Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Honeylands Children's Centre (for specialist assessment and support for children with special needs and their families), the Exeter Mobility Centre (providing orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and special seating), and the Mardon Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre. The trust's application for NHS Foundation Trust status was approved in December 2003, which became effective on 1 April 2004. The trust took over the management of Castle Place Practice with 15,000 patients in Tiverton in 2018. It also now runs a number of community services including inpatient beds in Tiverton, Sidmouth and Exmouth. It merged with the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust in April 2022 to form the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, chaired by Dame Shan Morgan. Performance In October 2014, it was reported that the Trust was not meeting the government target for 85% of cancer patients to be treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust ran Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Honeylands Children's Centre (for specialist assessment and support for children with special needs and their families), the Exeter Mobility Centre (providing orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and special seating), and the Mardon Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre. The trust's application for NHS Foundation Trust status was approved in December 2003, which became effective on 1 April 2004. The trust took over the management of Castle Place Practice with 15,000 patients in Tiverton in 2018. It also now runs a number of community services including inpatient beds in Tiverton, Sidmouth and Exmouth. It merged with the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust in April 2022 to form the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, chaired by Dame Shan Morgan. Performance In October 2014, it was reported that the Trust was not meeting the government target for 85% of cancer patients to be treated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxpayers Alliance
The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom which was formed in 2004 to campaign for a low-tax society. The group had about 18,000 registered supporters as of 2008 and claimed to have 55,000 by September 2010. However, it has been suggested that a vast majority of these supporters – who do not contribute financially or engage in campaigning – were simply signed up to a mailing list. Questions have been raised about the funding of the organisation and there is speculation that significant contributions are received from overseas. The TPA was given the lowest possible grade for financial transparency by Who Funds You, a British project that seeks to rate and promote transparency of funding sources of think tanks. It has also been questioned whether the group has links to similar organisations based at 55 Tufton Street in Westminster. The group was founded by political strategist Matthew Elliott, who founded Eurosceptic think tank Business for Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England. It was formed from three predecessor organisations: * the Healthcare Commission * the Commission for Social Care Inspection * the Mental Health Act Commission The CQC's stated role is to make sure that hospitals, care homes, dental and general practices and other care services in England provide people with safe, effective and high-quality care, and to encourage those providers to improve. It carries out this role through checks during the registration process which all new care services must complete, as well as through inspections and monitoring of a range of data sources that can indicate problems with services. Part of the commission's remit is protecting the interests of people whose rights have been restricted under the Mental Healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health Service Journal
''Health Service Journal'' (''HSJ'') is a news service that covers policy and management in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. History The '' Poor Law Officers' Journal'' was established in 1892. In 1930, it changed its name after the passing of the Local Government Act 1929 to the ''Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review'', then in 1948, it became the ''Hospital and Social Service Journal''. In 1963, it became the ''Hospital and Social Service Review'', in 1973, the ''Health and Social Service Journal'', and the ''Health Service Journal'' in 1986. It was part of a group of business-to-business titles published by the Emap group, which was purchased by the Guardian Media Group in 2008. /sup> In 2008, it had an average circulation of almost 18,000 copies, most of which were by subscription. It was part of a group of business-to-business titles published by the Emap group, which was purchased by the Guardian Media Group in 2008. In October 2015, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical Commissioning Group
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integrated care systems as a result of the Health and Care Act 2022. Establishment The announcement that GPs would take over this commissioning role was made in the 2010 white paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS". This was part of the government's stated desire to create a clinically-driven commissioning system that was more sensitive to the needs of patients. The 2010 white paper became law under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 in March 2012. At the end of March 2013 there were 211 CCGs, but a series of mergers had reduced the number to 135 by April 2020. To a certain extent they replaced primary care trusts (PCTs), though some of the staff and responsibilities moved to local authority public health teams when PCTs ceased to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NHS Trusts
This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust. , 217 extant trusts employed about 800,000 of the NHS's 1.2 million staff. NHS trusts were introduced in 1992, and their number, composition, form and naming has changed over time such that there are perhaps 1,000 distinct trust names in the literature; this list seeks to identify establishment, merger, dissolution and renaming events, and the succession of services from one name or trust to another. Sufficiently distinct names are listed on distinct rows; minimally changed names (especially ''X'' NHS Trust changed to ''X'' NHS Foundation Trust) are listed on a single row. Dates are generally as established in underlying legislation; operational start and end dates may differ. Former trusts are listed below the current trusts. This list excludes community hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Healthcare In Devon
Healthcare in Devon was the responsibility of two clinical commissioning groups until July 2022, one covering Northern, Eastern and Western Devon (which is the country's biggest, an area with 900,000 people), and one covering South Devon and Torbay. It was announced in November 2018 that the two were to merge. History From 1947 to 1974 NHS services in Devon were managed by the South-Western Regional Hospital Board. In 1974 the boards were abolished and replaced by regional health authorities. Devon came under the South West RHA. Regions were reorganised in 1996 and Devon came under the South and West (Wessex and South Western) Regional Health Authority. Devon Area Health Authority from 1974 had four district health authorities based in Exeter, North Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. In 1993 Exeter and North Devon were combined, as were Plymouth and Torbay. There were eight primary care trusts established in the county in 2002: North Devon PCT, Mid Devon PCT, Exeter PCT, East Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health In Devon
Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organization''– ''Basic Documents'', Forty-fifth edition, Supplement, October 2006. A variety of definitions have been used for different purposes over time. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. Some factors affecting health are due to individual choices, such as whether to engage in a high-risk behavior, while others are due to structural causes, such as whether the society is arranged in a way that makes it easier or harder for people to get necessary healthcare services. Still, other factors are beyond both individual and group choices, such as genetic disorders. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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