All Agenda for Change articles – Page 2
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Barclay gains breathing space
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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News
Staffing agencies ‘pushed out’ by tighter NHSE price caps
Staffing agencies that adhere to NHS England’s national price caps framework are being ‘pushed out’ of the market due to a lack of flexibility, they have warned.
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News
Health secretary to seek legal action over nursing strike
The health secretary will be seeking legal action regarding the Royal College of Nursing’s planned strike on 2 May, it has been announced.
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News
Services risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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More nursing strikes planned as unions split on pay deal
The Royal College of Nursing has announced fresh strikes after its members voted to reject the government’s pay deal, while Unison healthcare staff voted in favour.
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Comment
Divide and rule on NHS pay would be disastrous
The government’s proposed settlement to resolve the current wave of industrial action sows the seeds of some incredibly difficult and possibly decisive changes to NHS pay in the future, write Anita Charlesworth and James Buchan
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News
Pay deal may lead to band 9s being paid more than senior managers
The pay offer made to NHS staff on the Agenda for Change payscale by government yesterday could see an increasing number of senior leaders paid less than the staff they manage, the managers’ union has warned.
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News
What the pay deal means for each band
The government and Agenda for Change unions have reached a deal in their pay dispute, which the biggest unions will ask their members to support in ballots, while pausing strike action.
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News
Pay rises should not exceed 3.5pc next year, warns government
Giving NHS staff a pay rise of more than 3.5 per cent next year would mean cuts to the NHS’s non-pay budget or an increase in unsustainable borrowing, the government has claimed.
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News
Nurses pause strike action as ministers agree pay talks
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed to pause planned strike action as they enter pay talks with the government.
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Exclusive: the trusts offering thousands of staff inferior pensions
Trusts are regularly denying staff employed by their wholly owned subsidiary companies access to the NHS pension and providing them with schemes which are significantly less generous.
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News
Urgent call for help as ambulance trust faces relying on ‘first aiders’ during strikes
Medics and nurses have been urgently called upon to support London Ambulance Service during next week’s strike action, as it will otherwise have to rely on staff only able to provide ‘first aid’.
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News
NHS England ‘can only afford 3pc pay rise next year’
NHS England has effectively drawn a red line ahead of next year’s pay deal and NHS funding negotiations, suggesting it can only afford an increase of around 3 per cent for staff.
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NHSE agrees day rates of up to £1,600 for consultants and temporary managers
NHS England has approved two in three requests for trusts to bring in temporary ’very senior managers’ and consultants on daily rates of up to £1,600.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Doing North Bristol here
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
Pension contributions overhaul from October will avoid pay cut
The NHS pension scheme is to be amended, so staff do not face a take-home pay cut by being pushed up a contribution tier because of annual pay awards.
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News
‘Final straw’ as band 8 and 9 staff get ‘disgusting’ pay rise
WORKFORCE ‘Final straw’ as band 8 and 9 staff get ‘disgusting’ pay riseWORKFORCE ‘Final straw’ as band 8 and 9 staff get ‘disgusting’ pay rise Senior NHS staff on Agenda for Change pay bands 8 and 9 will receive much lower pay rises than those given to the majority of ...
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News
Updated: NHSE confirms £2bn extra pay bill will dent investment
Investment in diagnostics and new technology will be hit by the government’s decision to increase NHS pay above the 3 per cent budgeted for 2022-23, NHS England has said.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: NHS tech merger hampers staff retention
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
‘Heavily funded NHS recruitment’ taking staff away from social care
Government advisers have warned that well-funded NHS recruitment campaigns are diverting staff away from social care services, and called on ministers to adopt a ‘joined-up approach’ to attracting workers to health and social care.