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NewsConsultants name September strike dates
Medical consultants in England will strike on 19 and 20 September if the government “refuses to agree to pay talks and present a credible offer,” the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts accused of underpaying junior doctors for three years
Thousands of junior doctors could have been underpaid for up to three and a half years, potentially leaving trusts facing seven figure pay outs.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts offering ‘BMA rates’ to doctors covering strikes
Around a quarter of acute trusts paid consultants premium rates to provide strike cover during the first two junior doctors’ walkouts, broadly matching the pay levels demanded by the British Medical Association’s ‘rate card’, HSJ research has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The trouble with training
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentA middle manager's view of the junior doctors strike
Dr Raihan Mohammed empathises on how strikes disrupt the delicate balance of financial stability, national targets, staff morale, and clinical care, while also advocating that industrial action is the only effective way to enact change for junior doctors, staff and patients
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NewsJunior doctors to strike over four days in August
Junior doctors will walk out for four days next month after announcing their fifth round of industrial action.
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NewsEnglish band 8 and 9 staff now paid 12pc less than Scottish peers
Band 8 and 9 staff are typically being paid at least 11-13 per cent more in Scotland than in England, after several recent Agenda for Change pay deals have resulted in the gap significantly widening for senior staff, it has emerged.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rebuilding the trauma centre
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsBand 7 and 8 pay is ‘disincentive’ to promotion, government advisers warn
Narrow gaps between Agenda for Change pay bandings are discouraging senior NHS staff from going for promotions, with some losing money if they move up a band, the government’s independent pay review body has warned.
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NewsSenior managers get 5pc pay rise to recognise ‘strained environment’
Senior NHS managers will receive a 5 per cent pay rise, after the independent review body called for an uplift to ‘take account of the enormous demands that are being made of NHS leadership’.
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NewsDHSC ordered to fund pay rise with ‘reprioritisation and greater efficiency’
The Department of Health and Social Care will be asked to make another round of savings and reprioritise existing budgets to fund a pay rise for doctors, the government has confirmed.
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HSJ Local‘Helpless’ CEO’s report expresses ‘extreme concern’ over doctors strikes
Acute trust leaders have expressed ‘extreme concern’ over their ability to maintain safe services in the upcoming junior doctor and consultant strikes.
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CommentAgency staff keep the NHS on its feet and deserve the government's respect
Agency staff deserve more respect than the NHS workforce plan shows them, with the plan being based on a poor understanding of NHS staffing costs, and failing to present a cohesive strategy to make effective use of agencies, writes Kate Shoesmith
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NewsBarclay: I’m fighting doctors’ pay demands for the sake of NHS staff
The government is resisting what it believes are inflationary pay demands from junior doctors for the sake of NHS staff, health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has told HSJ.
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NewsRedundancy pay cap ‘would hit ICB and national staff’, union warns
Integrated care board and national agency staff could be hit by government plans to cap redundancy payments at £100,000, as they are required to cut running costs, a union has warned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Consultants on the picket line
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims
The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.
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NewsHunt demands ‘challenging’ productivity improvements in return for training cash
The chancellor has told HSJ he has agreed “ambitious improvements in productivity” with NHS leaders as part of negotiations for the long-term workforce plan.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Birthday blues
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsConsultants vote to strike in July
Hospital consultants in England have voted in favour of taking strike action over their pay dispute with the government, the British Medical Association has announced.