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NewsGovernment recommends 1pc pay rise for NHS staff
The government has recommended a headline 1 per cent pay increase for NHS staff next year.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Details of ex-CEO’s bumper salary and 45-day holiday package
Further details of a former chief executive’s controversial pay and rewards package have emerged, including an unusually generous annual leave entitlement and pro-rata salary.
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HSJ PartnersHow NHS trusts are removing barriers to create ‘staffing safety nets’
Dr Anas Nader outlines key principles to ensure collaborative staff banks add value to NHS staffing infrastructure
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News‘Wasted opportunity’: Government rejects NHS pension reform calls
The government has rejected extensive calls to reform the NHS Pension Scheme, saying measures brought in during last March’s Budget have stopped doctors incurring high tax bills when working overtime.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of ‘emotional blackmail’ after asking junior doctors to work unpaid in covid-hit units
London’s largest acute trust has been accused of ‘emotional blackmail’ by suggesting junior doctors could do voluntary shifts in its ‘really short staffed’ critical care unit.
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NewsHigh-earning doctors could face ‘large and unexpected’ tax bills because of covid work
NHS doctors are at risk of being hit with “large and unexpected” pension tax bills due to changes to their work patterns during the pandemic, experts are warning.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock demands “affordability” must determine size of NHS covid pay rise
The health and social care secretary has repeatedly emphasised the need for “affordability” when determing the size of the promised pay rise for over one million NHS staff in instructions sent to the independent pay review body this week. DHSC starts Agenda for Change staff pay review process Health ...
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NewsTrust acts after BAME staff report ‘systematic bullying’
NHS leaders are being encouraged to have ‘difficult discussions’ about inequalities, after a trust found its BAME staff reported being ‘systematically… bullied and harassed’, along with other signs of discrimination.
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Comment‘Give the NHS what it needs, or tell public that cuts are on the way’
On capital funding the government needs to give the NHS an appropriate capital settlement to meet its manifesto commitments, recover care backlogs and reform social care, writes Chris Hopson.
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NewsMinisters press ahead with £95k exit payment cap
Government is to press ahead with a £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments, including in the NHS, despite widespread opposition and warnings it could affect even low paid workers.
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NewsGovernment to give NHS staff ‘difficult’ pension choice
NHS Pension Scheme members face ‘difficult’ decisions over their benefits under government proposals to fix ‘unlawful’ discrimination in public sector schemes.
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NewsDoctors to get 2.8pc pay rise
NHS doctors in England are to receive a back-dated pay rise which will add up to £3,000 to a consultant’s salary.
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NewsOne in four managers working 20+ hours overtime during pandemic
Nearly a quarter of NHS managers have been working more than 20 hours a week in unpaid overtime during the coronavirus pandemic, while two-thirds say they do not believe they can take time off in lieu, new data has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly 200 NHS staff at support organisation face redundancy risk
An NHS commissioning organisation is set to put nearly 200 staff at risk of redundancy as part of a major restructure and faces allegations about its use of expensive interim management and consultancy.
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NewsStevens: NHS must gear up for huge vaccination programmes
The health service needs to prepare for its largest-ever flu immunisation season, and potentially to run a covid-19 vaccination programme in the autumn/winter, Sir Simon Stevens has said.
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News‘We have to aim for an oversupply of nurses’ says RCN chief
The NHS must no longer seek to train ‘the bare minimum’ of nurses, Royal College of Nursing chief executive Donna Kinnair has told HSJ.
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NewsUnions call on government for ‘early’ NHS pay rise
Healthcare unions representing over one million NHS workers have written to the government calling for a boost in pay before the end of the year.
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NewsExclusive: Independent hospital group cuts staff hours and salaries
A major independent health provider is cutting the hours and pay of its staff, although it has moved to protect the workforce at many of its hospitals in what was described as a ‘very last-minute reprieve’.
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NewsHancock says trusts must decide on paying for covid overtime
New guidance agreed by the NHS and unions suggests staff should always be paid for overtime work during the coronavirus pandemic – but stops short of making it compulsory.
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NewsPrivate NHS contractor announces pay increase
A private health contractor which outsources staff to the NHS has announced a pay rise for its employees which it says will bring them in line with current Agenda for Change rates.