All Agency staff articles – Page 8
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HSJ Local
Struggling CCG spent £500,000 on two interims last year
A clinical commissioning group which is under directions from NHS England spent £500,000 on two “off payroll” interim executives last year.
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Comment
We must foster digital innovators in health
Why the NHS should be encouraging disruptive technology
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HSJ Local
Agencies given ultimatum amid clash over pay cap
Staffing agencies that do not comply with salary caps introduced last month could be ejected from the marketplace, NHS Improvement has indicated.
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News
Official figures reveal £2.45bn NHS provider deficit
Figures published by NHS Improvement show the provider sector ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £2.45bn.
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News
'No coherent attempt' to prepare workforce for seven day NHS, say MPs
Department of Health accused of not properly assessing the workforce needed to provide seven day services Public accounts committee also raises concerns over insufficient funding Report suggests increased agency spending caused by “unrealistic” efficiency targets The Department of Health has made “no coherent attempt” to assess the impact ...
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News
Revealed: How many agency shifts breached 2015-16 pay caps
New data shows 1 February reduction in agency pay caps drove weekly breaches above 45,000 – an increase of 10,000 a week Breaches began to decline again at the start of March NHS Improvement estimates agency caps saved £290m between October and February The number of NHS agency ...
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Comment
Let's do what we can to help the NHS innovators grow
The NHS Innovation Accelerator is already taking steps to help the spread of exciting new technologies
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News
Transplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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HSJ Local
NHS Improvement denies locum cap caused Lancashire A&E crisis
NHS Improvement refutes claim that agency cap caused Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ A&E crisis Trust warned regulator of agency cap concerns months before downgrading an A&E FT claims cap caused staffing crisis across emergency department and other medical specialities NHS Improvement was warned that the locum pay cap was ...
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HSJ Local
Nurses could be offered enhanced rates to return to NHS
WORKFORCE: A foundation trust is considering paying nurses enhanced hourly rates to attract them back from agency work.
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News
Exclusive: Hospitals forced to cut night cover due to staff shortages
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals cuts medical nightshift cover on wards due to vacancies Oxford University Hospitals forced to stop training for one doctor and has ultrasound backlog Monitor insists agency cap is helping trusts and says patient safety remains priority Hospitals have been forced to reduce medical ...
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HSJ Local
Trusts offer nurses higher grade shifts to skirt agency cap
WORKFORCE: Nurses at some trusts are being offered shifts paid a grade higher than the job they are doing to get around the agency cap, HSJ has learnt.
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News
Staff agencies struggle to meet NHS demand following pay cap
Survey suggests agencies are struggling to fill NHS shifts following introduction of pay caps Monitor says the majority of trusts are not struggling to find temporary staff but a third of providers have said it is more difficult Jim Mackey says NHS’s financial challenge “should not be at the ...
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News
New data suggests agency price cap is working
Monitor data suggests 40 per cent drop in number of agency shifts breaching new price caps Largest fall was in nursing, where breaches dropped by 47 per cent Lower levels of pay and new rules to roll out over next few months The number of NHS shifts by ...
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News
More than a quarter of trusts asked to breach agency cap
More than a quarter of trusts ask Monitor permission to breach “ceiling” on agency spend in September Nearly a quarter are successful New price cap due to take effect next week More than a quarter of trusts asked Monitor to increase their agency spending cap last year, HSJ ...
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News
'Off-framework' ban extended to agency doctors
Ban on “off-framework” staff providers extended to all agency procurement, including doctors Some agencies have refused to support the rules, regulators say Trusts in the South West currently unable to operate within the capped rates The ban on NHS trusts using “off-framework” staffing agencies will be extended to ...
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News
Agency bill predicted to hit £4bn this year
NHS provider trusts will spend £4bn on bank and agency staff in 2015-16, national NHS leaders told MPs yesterday.
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Supplements
The use of temporary clinical staff in the NHS – HSJ workforce investigation main report
The HSJ/HCL Workforce Investigation studied the underlying causes of the NHS’s escalating clinical temporary staff bill Chief executives, human resources directors, medical and nurse directors and finance directors were surveyed, with more than 70 responses. Recommendations include enhanced pay for shortage specialties and offering more flexible working Download a ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Agency spending: the real picture
An HSJ analysis of agency spending reveals what trusts have spent on staff
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News
Monitor reveals hourly rate caps for agency staff
Monitor and TDA reveal hourly rates for all agency staff Regulators agree to exclude bank staff from new caps on pay Trusts express fears over safety in consultation response Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published details this afternoon of the hourly rates that NHS trusts ...