All Pay articles – Page 17
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NewsGovernment announces 3pc pay rise for NHS staff
The government has announced a 3 per cent pay rise for NHS staff, following heavy criticism of its previous recommendation for a 1 per cent increase.
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CommentHow the new payment system for the NHS could succeed or fail
The direction of travel for NHS payments, away from payment by results, towards a blended system, remains the right approach, write Matthew Bell, Anita Charlesworth and Richard Lewis
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NewsTrust bids for settlement in landmark NHS employment case
A high-profile employment case has been postponed as the trust and staff members involved try to reach a settlement.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Hoping for another ‘Rashford moment’
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 performance, recovery and workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies ...
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NewsMultiple reports of problems with new payment and pension system
There have been multiple reports of problems with a new pension and payment system introduced for GPs.
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NewsTreasury sign-off now required for all NHS payoffs
The government has tightened the approval process for special severance payments so that ministerial approval is required for exit packages over £100,000 and Treasury sign off needed for any agreement
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Inquiring minds and the World King’s gambit
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentThe new NHS Bill is an ideal opportunity to improve workforce planning
Over the next decade the NHS will need a funding settlement that reflects the challenge of recruiting and retaining enough staff, catering to the quality of workforce planning, writes Anita Charlesworth.
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NewsTop managers’ pay has fallen nearly 5pc, says government
The salaries of the country’s top-earning very senior managers have fallen by nearly 5 per cent in recent years, the government has said.
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NewsRevealed: NHS England and Improvement’s £30.8m redundancy bill
NHS England and NHS Improvement spent £30.8m on compulsory redundancies during the two-year period in which they effectively merged, and made six-figure exit payments to five directors, accounts show.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Sieve Administration
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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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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News‘Criminal cases dropped’ because of problems paying doctors for evidence
Police are being left without enough proof to charge suspects due to failings in the system for reporting medical evidence, senior emergency doctors have warned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Appearances matter
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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HSJ LocalTrust apologises for board members’ covid-19 overtime pay
Four board members of a mental health trust at the centre of several governance investigations were paid overtime for work during the peak of the first wave of covid-19, its new CEO has confirmed.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: the politics of the pay rise
In his regular missive from north of the border Henry Anderson shares his insights on Scotland’s NHS pay rise and the politics behind it
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NewsGreensill-owned NHS pay-advance firm goes into administration
An NHS agency has stepped in, as a company owned by collapsed finance firm Greensill that offered pay advances to more than 10,000 NHS staff has also gone into administration.
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NHSE must act to shrink ethnic pay gap, says government report
NHS England should undertake a strategic review of the causes of ‘disparate’ pay and, where discrimination is found, ‘spell out’ measures to address it, according to a new government report.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The PM’s hymn to greed marks an unhappy anniversary week
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Government’s fetish for throwing money at Test And Trace
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.