All British Medical Association (BMA) articles – Page 8
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The toughest week since peak covid
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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NewsNHS England warns against block cancellations during ‘unprecedented’ strikes
NHS England has told trust, system and regional leaders to avoid “block rescheduling” of elective cases during the four-day junior doctors’ strike next month.
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NewsFour-day junior doctors strike announced
The British Medical Association has announced a fresh wave of escalated strike action that will see junior doctors walk out for four days in April.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why Hunt’s spending £1bn a year to fix NHS pensions
This week we analyse the Spring Budget and what it means for the NHS, in particular the pensions tax overhaul.
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NewsPension tax overhauled to help retain doctors
Jeremy Hunt has announced major changes to the pension tax regime in his first Budget today, aimed largely at stopping experienced doctors from retiring early.
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NewsNHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week’s junior doctors strike, some of the NHS’s most senior trust chief executives have warned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Everything you need to know about the NHS staff survey
With this year’s NHS staff survey results just landed, we take a look at those invaluable annual insights into how the workforce is feeling.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Consultant strike cover ‘costing up to £4,500 per shift’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsPartial retirement made easier by government
Rule changes designed to encourage NHS pension scheme members to work for longer have been confirmed by government, and may lead to a boom in staff opting for partial retirement.
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NewsGPs pushed to buy ‘cloud’ phone lines
The government and NHS England will ‘support’ GP practices to move more quickly to ‘cloud-based’ phone systems, so they can potentially set up shared call centres and make it easier for patients to get through, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHSE treats me like ‘a band 7’ says ICB chief
An outspoken integrated care board leader has criticised NHS England’s micromanagement, adding that it was ‘not in the make-up’ of some healthcare chiefs to collaborate.
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HSJ LocalBMA ‘rate card’ wipes out elective recovery gains, claims trust
A struggling acute trust says its failure to hit its elective care targets is directly linked to doctors’ demanding overtime rates in line with the British Medical Association’s new rate cards, as national tensions around the issue intensify.
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CommentNHS managers perform better than management consultants
The advice external consultants provide can be beneficial in some cases, as it can help to combat the ‘not invented here syndrome’ by introducing new expertise and innovative thinking, but in general investment in management staff is a better bet. By Ian Kirkpatrick and Andrew Sturdy
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.
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NewsDates for three-day junior doctors strike announced
Thousands of junior doctors will walk out from 13 March until the morning of 16 March, the British Medical Association has announced.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Overtime pay, not ‘insourcing’, is NHS chiefs’ big elective headache
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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NewsConsultants asked: ‘Are you prepared to strike?’
Consultants across England will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsBMA issues ‘unaffordable’ medical locum rate card
The British Medical Association has issued a locum pay rate card for junior doctors, which trust bosses have described as ‘unaffordable’ and ‘unilateral’.
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NewsGovernment delays ‘partial retirement’ pension reform
Ministers have been accused of scoring a ‘massive own goal’ by delaying a proposed NHS pension reform – seeking to reduce tax hits on high-earners – by six months.