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Healthcare in Cornwall

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389:. The inspectors reported that exhaustion was leading to “high levels of staff sickness and staff resignations” with high vacancy rates for nursing staff in adult social care services. They also found a “lack of joined up communication across the system has resulted in people facing lengthy delays as they wait for assessment and treatment”. In August 2022 the average waiting time for category 2 calls was “hovering around 200 minutes when the national target response time is 18 minutes. Nearly half of the trust’s community beds were occupied by patients who were medically fit to leave but waiting to be placed in their next care setting. 22: 730: 401: 223:
The clinical commissioning group proposed in October 2017 that it would no longer pay for non-emergency patient transport to hospital patients who frequently travel to hospital. The policy would particularly impact kidney dialysis patients, who typically have to visit hospital three times a week. The
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announced that it was abandoning proposals to establish an Accountable Care System but they would continue to support the integration of health and care services. They said they would strengthen the existing Health and Wellbeing Board to become a more effective decision making body. Cllr Andy Virr,
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The Sustainability and transformation plan says that the 13 community hospitals in the area with a total capacity of 314 beds are not used effectively, not fit for purpose and are not sustainable. It proposes to develop integrated community care hubs primarily for care of the elderly and to integrate
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intended to ensure care packages were available for patients leaving hospitals in Cornwall but between July and September a total of 3,815 hospital bed days were lost because of problems with social care packages, compared with 2,255 days for the same period in 2014, meaning that there were 69% more
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in October 2017 found that the county's health and social care system ‘is not working well together’, that different parts of the system are not working together to ensure people can move between services as they need them, and that too many people were stuck in hospital waiting for a social care
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in December 2015. It has a budget of £728.7 million and expects a deficit of £14 million for 2015/16. It is required to have a turnaround director in place. Keith Pringle, who had previously worked with CCGs in Hampshire and at
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In September 2017 it was forecasting a £37 million deficit and had “no viable plan” to hit its control total, a £19.9 million deficit on its allocated £765 million, in the financial year.
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In May 2017 there was a backlog of 14,000 people unable to register with an NHS dentist in the county. Waiting times for routine appointments were up to eighteen months.
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from 2011 but from April 2016 will be taken over by a consortium of Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Kernow Health CIC.
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the Conservative health spokesperson, said that kind words regarding working together were vacuous without a commitment to integrate and combine budgets.
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as lead strategic partner for the delivery of extra care in Cornwall with a seven year agreement for 750 extra care housing units worth £150 million.
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There are 69 GP practices in the county. St Mary’s hospital on the Isles of Scilly is a small community hospital with a Minor Injuries Unit run by
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for the county. Services are to be provided by one or more “accountable care partnerships” led by the existing NHS providers. According to
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were considering a merger. In March 2022 it was announced, after prolonged and repeated delays, that the merger would not be going ahead.
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was the first dedicated helicopter emergency medical service operational in the United Kingdom. The Duchy Hospital in Truro run by
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established a joint board in July 2017 to “gradually unite clinical and non-clinical services" - a step towards the creation of an
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from 2002 until 2006 when that was merged into NHS South West. The PCT and the strategic health authority were abolished in 2012.
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came under the South and West (Wessex and South Western) Regional Health Authority. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituted a
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Cornwall had 134 patients, the second-highest number in England, waiting more than 12 months for treatment in November 2018
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Cornwall was one of the four areas chosen to trial the integration of specialised commissioning, previously run by
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to act as a voice for patients. There is one Healthwatch for Cornwall and a separate Healthwatch for the
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reported 29 serious incidents in Cornwall between October and December 2021 during an inspection by the
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was to take over the functions of Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group as part of the development of an
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contract, worth £8m a year, from 2015 was awarded to Devon Doctors, a GP led social enterprise, and
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are to create a plan to bring health and social care services together under local control.
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service has been supplied by E-zec Medical Transport Services Ltd. since summer 2016.
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serves the east. Specialised services are provided from other trusts outside the area.
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From 1947 to 1974, NHS services in Cornwall were managed by the South-Western
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In July 2015 a devolution deal, the Deal for Cornwall, was announced by the
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is the only private hospital in the County. It has 27 in-patient beds.
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was employed at a cost of £396,000 in 2015/6 including agency fees.
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was introduced by the government, that included the abolishment of
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NHS mental health services in the county are largely provided by
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was established. This was managed by the South West Peninsula
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During 2015 there was a programme funded with £44.5m from the
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which also runs community hospitals all over Cornwall. The
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GP and 111 services had been awarded to a consortium of
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from 1974 until 2002 when Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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Health Service Journal. 16 August 2022 576:. Commissioning Review. 16 December 2015 887:. Health Service Journal. 21 March 2022 426: 354:University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 227:In December 2017 it was announced that 133:Sustainability and transformation plans 733:. Health Service Journal. 23 June 2017 598:. Health Service Journal. 28 July 2016 532:. Health Service Journal. 12 July 2017 510:. NHS Support Federation. October 2017 139:Sustainability and transformation plan 931:. Health Service Journal. 27 May 2022 201:was placed under legal directions by 7: 432: 430: 293:Community services were provided by 981:Kernow clinical commissioning group 466:. Healthcare Leader. 9 October 2017 885:"Trusts scrap long-awaited merger" 373:Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 350:Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 265:Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 171:Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 14: 667:. Cornwall Live. 24 November 2017 367:In May 2015 it was reported that 821:. Homecare Insight. 24 July 2020 415:Healthcare in the United Kingdom 399: 20: 1001:Healthcare in England by county 843:. West Briton. 10 February 2015 623:. Commissioning. September 2016 323:Health and Social Care Act 2012 278:Palliative care is provided by 184:In March 2018, after protests, 217:centrally, in September 2016. 1: 554:. Cornwall Live. 2 March 2018 199:Clinical Commissioning Group 123:clinical commissioning group 60:clinical commissioning group 125:and its replacement by the 88:regional health authorities 62:, until it got replaced by 1022: 865:. West Briton. 18 May 2015 755:. BBC News. 7 January 2016 295:Peninsula Community Health 269:Community Interest Company 249:Peninsula Community Health 243:Primary and Community Care 136: 104:Strategic Health Authority 96:district health authority 29:This article needs to be 488:. BBC News. 16 July 2015 119:Health and Care Act 2022 68:Health and Care Act 2022 799:. 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Index

Cornwall
clinical commissioning group
Integrated care system
Health and Care Act 2022
Isles of Scilly
Regional Hospital Board
regional health authorities
Devon
district health authority
Primary Care Trust
Strategic Health Authority
Care Quality Commission
Health and Care Act 2022
clinical commissioning group
Integrated care system
Sustainability and transformation plan
government
Cornwall Council
Isles of Scilly
NHS 111
out-of-hours service
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
accountable care system
Cornwall Council
Clinical Commissioning Group
NHS England
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS England
Cornwall Council

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