Lives are being lost because of the way nurses' pay is negotiated centrally, claims a study for the Centre for Economic Performance and Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
Hospitals in well-off areas, where nurses' pay compares unfavourably with local wage rates, struggle to recruit and retain staff, treat fewer patients and get worse results, the report claims.
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Healthcare assistants are increasingly plugging the workforce gap, spending more time with patients than nurses, but receive the least amount of training, says Professor Lynne Gell
An NHS trust chief executive has criticised his neighbouring provider for “poor” planning ahead of the part closure of its accident and emergency department next month.
The chairman of a clinical commissioning group in the east Midlands has lost his bid to be re-elected to the post.
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