All Pay articles – Page 28

  • boardroom
    News

    Nine out of 10 requests to pay trust managers more than PM approved

    2017-05-22T14:31:00Z

    Fifty-four approvals of very senior management band salaries above the prime minister’s £142,500 wage, while five were rejected Appointments paying more than this salary must be approved by the Treasury NHS Improvement chair approached “large corporates” to ask senior managers to take on NHS non-executive jobs One “retire and ...

  • Eu flag
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    Tories to prioritise EU health staff in Brexit talks

    2017-05-18T13:28:00Z

    Tory manifesto makes significant pledges affecting NHS worforce Key commitments to new consultant contract and legislation for safety Manifesto fails to mention pay restraint or action to tackle nursing shortage EU migrants working in the NHS and social care will be made a priority during the Brexit negotiations ...

  • Warrington Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Hospital director resigns amid 'irregular' payoff deal scrutiny

    2017-05-17T10:14:00Z

    Roger Wilson, HR director at Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust, has resigned He signed a deal with Morecambe Bay midwife which allowed her to avoid misconduct investigation Mr Wilson’s resignation comes ahead of trust investigation into “irregular” payoff deal A hospital director who is under scrutiny for ...

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    Trust outsources payroll services to neighbour after 'dissatisfaction' with national provider

    2017-05-16T12:28:00Z

    Salisbury Foundation Trust new provider of payroll and pensions services for University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust Service was carried out for 12 years by NHS Shared Business Services University Hospital Southampton FT in process of resolving “residual ongoing issues” with NHS Shared Business Services A major acute teaching ...

  • Blurred hospital corridor with three figures in it
    News

    NHS faces 'summer of protest' over nursing pay

    2017-05-15T07:55:00Z

    RCN poll saw 19 per cent turnout with majority in favour of protests and strike action Union threatens to ballot for industrial action if pay cap is not lifted by ministers Action follows mounting criticism of pay restraint policy which started seven years ago The NHS is facing ...

  • Workforce
    News

    New fears over nursing workforce shortages revealed

    2017-05-14T08:28:00Z

    Nine out of 10 nursing leaders in the NHS say they are worried abour their ability to recruit nurses, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing. The RCN has also said it believes there are 40,000 nursing vacancies in the service.

  • Jeremy Corbyn
    News

    Labour plans new NHS regulator, leaked manifesto reveals

    2017-05-11T11:22:00Z

    A Labour government would create a new “safety and excellence regulator” to oversee a revised process for regional reconfiguration of the NHS, a draft of the party’s election manifesto says.

  • Ambulance
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    Private ambulance firm blames 'cash flow issues' for staff pay delay

    2017-05-11T07:00:00Z

    A clinical commissioning group has sought assurances from the private firm awarded a £6m patient transport contract, after staff were warned they would not be paid their first month’s wages in full.

  • Weston General Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Trust spends 12 per cent of income on agency staff

    2017-05-11T07:00:00Z

    England’s smallest acute trust is spending 12 per cent of its total income on plugging staffing gaps, with expenditure rising at same time as the cap on agency spending falls.

  • Pay
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    Trust busts locum cap after overspending on GPs

    2017-05-09T07:00:00Z

    A community trust has breached its agency spending cap for 2016-17 by more than £300,000 following staff shortages in its GP out of hours’ service.

  • Woman in office
    News

    Revealed: NHS quango to cut more than 300 posts

    2017-05-03T12:35:00Z

    Health Education England to cut 315 posts Education and training body estimates savings in pay costs of at least £10m 112 full-time equivalent roles could be cut from Midland’s and East region More than 300 posts are set to be cut by Health Education England as part of ...

  • Jon Ashworth
    News

    Election 2017: Labour pledges 'new law' for NHS safe staffing

    2017-04-25T22:00:00Z

    If Labour wins the general election it will bring in a “new law” to make safe staffing legally enforceable and ask NICE to recommence its work Party will lift the 1 per cent pay increase cap for NHS staff and set pay levels that “reflect the complexity of the ...

  • Workforce
    News

    NHS warned not to ignore needs of 'generation Y' workforce

    2017-04-21T12:04:00Z

    Pay review body warns policymakers not to ignore demands of “generation Y” doctors Call follows last year’s damaging junior doctors contract dispute People born between 1980 and 2000 will make up half the global workforce by 2020 A failure by NHS policymakers to respond to demands of a ...

  • Stethescope doctor clinician equipment
    News

    IR35 tax rules will not be applied to locums retrospectively

    2017-04-20T10:43:00Z

    HMRC and NHS Improvement say there will be no retrospective action following IR35 tax changes Locums say they are being taxed without receiving employment rights NHS Improvement asks trusts to complete operational pressure situation reports Locum doctors and temporary NHS staff hit by new tax rules will not ...

  • News

    More CCGs risk deficit after care home price hike

    2017-04-11T07:00:00Z

    Commissioning leaders fear funded nursing care price hike could push more CCGs into deficit FOI requests reveal CCGs estimate the rise cost them £152m in 2016-17 Price hike from £112 to £156.25 a week was announced by the Department of Health last year and backdated to April 2016 DH ...

  • News

    GMC warns against 'unreasonable withdrawal' over IR35

    2017-04-07T12:49:00Z

    The General Medical Council has warned that any locum doctors engaging in “unreasonable withdrawal” from work could exacerbate pressure on health services and potentially risk patient safety.

  • Blurred hospital corridor with three figures in it
    News

    Trust A&E 'hours from closing' as locum pay row deepens

    2017-04-05T18:02:00Z

    Lincoln County Hospital A&E was “hours from closure” after locums declined work NHS Improvement says it is unacceptable for locums to hold NHS to ransom Eleven doctors did not show up for work at UHNM’s A&E A hospital emergency department was “just hours from closure” last week after ...

  • Payslip
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    Trusts 'trying not to blink' in locum pay standoff

    2017-04-05T12:31:00Z

    Jim Mackey has said NHS trusts are “trying to not blink” amid standoffs with locum doctors, agency nurses and private contractors over new tax rules introduced by HM Revenue and Customs.

  • Nurse hospital doctor
    News

    Mackey: 'We dropped a clanger' on agency staff rules

    2017-04-05T12:30:00Z

    NHSI announced new rules in February to prevent trusts from using agency staff who are also employed by the NHS, but said it was “pausing” the policy last week Jim Mackey says “we dropped a clanger but we fixed it” NHS regulators have admitted they “dropped a clanger” ...

  • News

    NHS in 'Mexican standoff' with locums due to new tax rules

    2017-04-04T15:22:00Z

    New tax regulations for off-payroll staff come into force on Thursday Some locums and temporary staff are refusing to work at NHS trusts Trusts face “Hobson’s choice” over locums’ pay demands, says finance director Medical director says NHS “must hold the line” on pay cap The NHS is ...