All articles by PAT HEALY – Page 2
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Unknown quantity
What exactly will a nurse consultant do? Pat Healy reports on plans for a pilot scheme to develop the role
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Case stokes up row on long-term care
The question of who pays for long term care was thrown into chaos last week by the Court of Appeal judgement in the 'Coughlan' case.
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Here's looking at you
Primary care groups and other players in the new NHS should be watched carefully, the community health councils' annual conference heard. Pat Healy reports
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No extra cash to fund Blair's nurse posts
Trusts will not be given additional funding to pay for the 'nurse consultant' posts outlined by the government last week.
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No agreement on HR as PCT deadline nears
Managers and trade unions are concerned that agreement will not be reached on key human resources issues affecting primary care trusts by 1 July, when the first applications for PCT status can be made.
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Doubled pension payments may threaten reforms, say managers
Shocked managers' leaders have warned that the government's NHS modernisation plans could be at risk after learning employers will have to almost double their contributions to staff pensions over the next two years.
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Welcome for GMC vote on doctor checks
The General Medical Council's decision to require doctors to undergo regular checks on their competence has been widely
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Protests at low pay offer for managers
Senior managers are to be offered significantly lower pay rises than nurses, NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has told trusts and health authorities.
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Splitting the difference
This year's pay settlement was supposed to make everyone happy. Instead it has been seen as divisive, with some staff groups left far behind. Pat Healy reports
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Privatisation dispute ends
An eight-year dispute over privatisation at a Northern Ireland trust has ended with 500 ancillary workers being taken back 'in-house.'
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Broad welcome for pay awards - if fully funded
The NHS pay settlement received a broad welcome from managers this week, although finance and human resources directors voiced doubts about the government's commitment to fund it fully.
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Commissioners call for spending boost to finance free elderly care
What the commission recommends
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Managers moonlight to make up for low pay
Half of NHS managers do not think they are well paid and one in 10 has a second paid job, according to a Unison survey published as part of its campaign for higher pay.
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