All Agenda for Change articles – Page 13
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Foundation trusts seek to halt automatic pay rises
Foundation trusts are drawing up plans to freeze automatic pay increases in a move which could affect up to half a million NHS staff.
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NewsNHS managers to be offered pay-offs in return for jobs
Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMonitor issues warning on declining foundation profits
The financial fortunes of foundation trusts slipped in the last months of 2009-10, the latest report from their regulator Monitor shows.
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Curbing public sector pay will be difficult, study claims
The new government will find it difficult to impose a pay freeze in the public sector because of rising inflation and a thaw in wage restraint in private firms, according to a new report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Exposed: the truth about NHS pay
Public sector pay is coming under intense scrutiny from the press and politicians. Over three weeks Peter Smith will dispel some of the myths they perpetuate
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LeaderNHS pay: will you dare to lead by example?
Will the post-election period bring radical pay reductions and pension reform to the public sector similar to those being experienced in Ireland?
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NewsNHS Confederation appoints ‘hands on’ chair
NHS East of England chair Keith Pearson has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Confederation.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NHS finance directors feel a distinct nip in the air
Chill winds are blowing through acute and PCT forecasts for their organisations over the next year - with recruitment freezes the most dramatic trend. Sally Gainsbury reports on HSJ’s latest survey of finance directors’ outlook
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NewsHow Labour saved the NHS from the brink
Nigel Crisp believes that when Labour inherited the NHS in 1997 it was ‘falling apart’. After four years away from the service the former chief executive reflects on the successes of the last 13 years - and the missed opportunities. By Alastair McLellan
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NewsPM's pay advisers say senior pay should sometimes be cut
Approximately 5,600 public sector staff earn more than £150,000 a year, the government’s advisory body on senior pay has said.
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NewsPCTs bend pay rules to fill senior jobs
Primary care trusts are being forced to bend official pay rules to fill board level posts at a time when recruitment problems are predicted to deepen.
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CommentMark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly
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NewsDorset Hospital makes U-turn on redundancies
Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has made a U-turn on its decision to axe 28 managerial posts by next month - a move which would have cost £3m in redundancy packages.
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NewsNursing commission recommends stricter criteria for 'advanced' status
The Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery will unleash reforms that could lead to a significant reduction in the numbers of highly paid “specialist nurses”.
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NewsUnions rubbish Tory co-op plans
Unions have ridiculed Tory plans to allow frontline staff to take over the health and education services.
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NewsLeaked FTN document: no job guarantees for foundation trust staff
Staff working for foundation trusts are at risk of compulsory redundancy because of the impending public sector spending squeeze, a leaked report suggests.
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NewsBill Moyes takes pride in rocking the foundations
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes leaves the foundation trust regulator this week with no regrets about his stormy journey, as he tells Sally Gainsbury in his final interview
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Foundation seeks pay rise below Agenda for Change rate
The only foundation trust outside the national pay framework has made its first real attempt to break away from national pay rates.
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NewsPCT benefits from ambitious knowledge and skills framework redesign
A Yorkshire primary care trust has successfully transformed the knowledge and skills framework into a tool to aid workforce planning and boost productivity.