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NewsBMA says trusts must cancel electives if they want help during strike
The British Medical Association has said it will not let striking doctors help under-pressure trusts unless they have already cancelled elective activity and “incentivised” other medics to cover.
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NewsStreeting: ‘Uncomfortable’ redundancy delays are ‘on me’
The health secretary has said the uncertainty hanging over ICB staff has made him “uncomfortable” and that he has not resolved redundancies quickly enough.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to deliver 95% of planned activity during doctors’ strike
Trusts should deliver at least 95 per cent of planned elective activity during the forthcoming five-day resident doctor’s strike, according to NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsStreeting makes fresh bid to avert doctors’ strikes
Wes Streeting made further non-pay offers to resident doctors on Wednesday night, but said they must rapidly cancel planned strikes or risk the government withdrawing its proposals.
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NewsResident doctors to strike for five days next month
Resident doctors in England will strike for five days next month, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsOnline overtakes phone for GP booking
More people have reported contacting their GP practice online than by phone for the first time, and more of them found access “easy”, new figures show.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Some progress but blame culture still persists
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The government and BMA are both wrong about online GP access
Both the government and BMA misunderstand online GP access. Properly implemented triage improves patient care, efficiency, and reduces clinical risks
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News‘Unacceptable’ cuts to bank and agency rates must be reversed, says BMA
Doctors are threatening action against coordinated moves in two areas to cut rates for extra-contractual work.
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NewsExclusive: Spending freeze imposed after NHSE identifies £300m budget hole
The government has ordered a spending freeze and told the NHS to absorb the £300m cost of the most recent resident doctors’ strikes from existing budgets, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMinisters pressed for promised ‘independent workforce plan’
Government must deliver on its manifesto commitment to “regular, independent workforce planning” for health and social care, royal colleges and others warned Wes Streeting today.
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NewsExclusive: Govt could agree multi-year pay deal for resident doctors
A multi-year pay deal for resident doctors could be agreed by government in a bid to end the deadlock around industrial action.
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NewsStop letting down resident doctors, NHSE tells trusts
Trusts are to have new responsibilities for improving resident doctors’ working lives under a plan unveiled by NHS England today.
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NewsGPs warned against prescribing drug after private price hike
GPs are braced for more enquiries after a supplier increased the cost of accessing a popular weight-loss drug privately.
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NewsNHSE tough line makes little dent in impact of doctors’ strike
NHS England’s efforts to resist the cancellations of procedures and appointments during the recent resident doctors strike has had little impact, new figures show.
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NewsNo resident doctors strikes in August, says Streeting
The British Medical Association has agreed to pause strike action for the “month of August”, according to the health secretary.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces five-year backpay bill
A trust fears it has underpaid some of its resident doctors for nearly five years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGPs urged to join forces to avoid ‘imposition’ of neighbourhood providers
GPs should rapidly start “collaborative discussions” with peers about developing joint “models” to fit in with the government’s proposed development of “neighbourhood health”, the British Medical Association’s GP committee has said.
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NewsBMA ‘demanding extortionate pay’ during strikes
The British Medical Association expects trusts to pay “extortionate” rates for resident doctors asked to run services during the current strike, according to NHS England.
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NewsTrusts accused of ‘lack of planning’ after strike exemption requests
The British Medical Association has accused several trusts of a “dangerous lack of planning” and flawed exemption requests, as they sought to maintain more planned care during the ongoing resident doctor strikes.