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NewsNHS scraps plan to merge national HR and finance systems
The NHS has tendered a £1.7bn contract for a new national workforce management system, in what amounts to a downgrading of previous ambitious plans to create a new HR and finance platform.
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NewsExclusive: Delays to pension payments after surge in retirements
The body which handles NHS pensions is struggling to process applications on time after a 50 per cent increase in retirements from the service.
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NewsExclusive: Cost of treating mental illness soars during covid
Dramatic increases in prescribing spend for the treatment of mental health conditions have been recorded following the onset of the pandemic, a new report concludes.
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NewsStaff covid death payouts set to top £40m
NHS death in service payments for health and social care staff who died with coronavirus are set to top £40m, HSJ analysis reveals.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Greensill, Topwood and the NHS
At the start of the pandemic, financial services company Greensill launched ‘Earnd’, an advanced payment system, for NHS staff. Some trusts signed up for it and it was given backing from senior figures in the health service.
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NewsStevens sets ‘stretching’ 19pc target for BME staff at NHSE/I
Black and minority ethnic staff will make up 19 per cent of all pay bands within NHS England and Improvement by 2025, Sir Simon Stevens has pledged.
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NewsNHS ‘preparing’ for contractors’ tax status row
NHS England and Improvement are reviewing contractors’ tax statuses, and say they are “prepared for every possible outcome”, after NHS Digital was hit with a £4.3m IR35-related bill.
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NewsDHSC tenders for centralised purchasing service
NHS organisations will be given the chance to advertise and manage tenders on a new platform under government plans to create a centralised buying tool.
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NewsBonuses at NHS PropCo top national health agencies
Four executive directors at NHS Property Services were paid around £180,000 in bonuses in 2017-18, which is significantly higher than nearly every other national NHS body, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsHancock pledges to 'put the past behind us' with new cash for junior doctors
The government will consider a “modest additional investment” in the junior doctors’ contract two years after a bitter dispute with medics which led to the first strike action in 40 years.
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NewsPlan to put millions of patient records on the Amazon cloud
A new NHS national service has been set up to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services.
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Trusts to benefit from extra VAT recovery through new buying model
New procurement model presents VAT benefits for trusts Benefits possible because model’s operating body is subsidiary company of Department of Health and Social Care Changes will “itemise” VAT on NHS invoices VAT “not a direct consideration” for establishing subsidiary company, say DHSC NHS trusts will receive extra cash ...
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HSJ LocalFormer CCG chief was disciplined for trying to sway contract tender
A former clinical commissioning group accountable officer was formally reprimanded after he pressured a colleague to try to sway a contract tender in an ambulance trust’s favour, an employment tribunal has heard.
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NewsExclusive: Months of delay to new NHS procurement model
The implementation of the government’s new purchasing and supply model for the NHS has been delayed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPolice investigating fraud against NHS suppliers
Nearly 20 NHS suppliers have been targeted by fraudsters who are using fabricated NHS documents to order and intercept expensive devices such as laptops and tablets.
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NewsDepartment of Health sets up company to oversee £2bn savings drive
The Department of Health and Social Care has established a subsidiary company to manage the new NHS procurement model, which aims to deliver more than £2bn of savings over five years.
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NewsPension bosses consider extending tax relief for high earners
The organisation that runs the NHS pension is “actively considering” extending a facility designed to ease the tax burden on high earners, amid reports of staff being hit with bills worth many thousands of pounds a year.
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NewsTrusts hit by 'serious' apron shortage following Chinese pollution crackdown
Patient care is being affected by a “serious” shortage of suitable aprons for NHS staff, after the service’s supply chain was hit by a crackdown on pollution by the Chinese government.
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NewsNew quango warns £560m NHS fraud going undetected
The new NHS Counter Fraud Authority believes the health service is losing more than half a billion pounds in likely but uncorroborated fraud.
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NewsFinal contract for NHS procurement shake-up put on market
Procurement leaders hope to improve the way the NHS handles transactions with a contract for financial management worth nearly £50m that has gone to the market.