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PCTs dispute management cost figures
Primary care trusts have disputed government data on their administrative and management spending.
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NewsAcute sector faces future deficit of £7.5bn
NHS hospitals will run up deficits of around £7.5bn a year by 2015 under a “best case” scenario, management consultants have warned.
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LeaderIt’s crunch time, but job cuts are not the only way to save the NHS money
While politicians have been quibbling over the size and the semantics of the public sector spending cuts to come, the NHS is quietly starting to get on with them.
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NewsNorman Lamb: abolish quangos and SHAs
Health quangos and primary care trusts should be abolished, according to Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb’s personal proposals.
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NewsSHAs plan staff cuts of up to 10pc
Strategic health authorities are actively exploring cutting local NHS workforces by up to 10 per cent in order to make the £15bn-£20bn savings required by 2014.
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NewsLeaked FTN document: no job guarantees for foundation trust staff
Staff working for foundation trusts are at risk of compulsory redundancy because of the impending public sector spending squeeze, a leaked report suggests.
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NewsBill Moyes takes pride in rocking the foundations
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes leaves the foundation trust regulator this week with no regrets about his stormy journey, as he tells Sally Gainsbury in his final interview
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Foundation seeks pay rise below Agenda for Change rate
The only foundation trust outside the national pay framework has made its first real attempt to break away from national pay rates.
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NewsDarling signals pay restraint for top NHS managers
Chancellor Alistair Darling has signalled that generous pay and bonus packages for top public sector posts will have to be reduced to preserve jobs.
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NewsPCT benefits from ambitious knowledge and skills framework redesign
A Yorkshire primary care trust has successfully transformed the knowledge and skills framework into a tool to aid workforce planning and boost productivity.
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NewsDavid Nicholson predicts tough NHS pay negotiations
Workers in parts of the NHS can expect pay rises below 1 per cent in coming years, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has indicated.
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CommentManagers' pay rises and cold weather costs
Managers in Scotland will have taken cover this week, especially from junior nurses, after their salary increases were revealed by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
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NewsDH delays student funds shake-up
The Department of Health has decided to delay implementation of proposals to shake up doctor and nurse training funding for at least another year.
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NewsBoost bonuses for NHS managers says think tank
Top NHS managers should receive annual bonuses of up to £30,000 to encourage good performance, a think tank close to the Conservatives has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS productivity: how to maximise the year ahead
Health and social care services need to fully engage frontline staff, not just leaders, to meet financial constraints while safeguarding quality delivery. Phil Kenmore explains
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CommentPublic sector pay scrutiny
It may be a new decade, but it is a familiar story facing NHS managers returning to their desks after the Christmas holidays.
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NewsHospital staff strike over pay and conditions
More than 250 cleaners, porters and cooks have staged a 48-hour strike at an NHS trust in Devon over implementation of Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
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MPs call for investigation into 'fat cat' public sector salaries
A top pay commission should be set up to investigate “fat cat” salaries in the public sector and name and shame organisations that pay too much to senior managers, a committee of MPs has said.
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NewsHolyrood to consider pay cuts for senior staff
The Scottish government will consider an NHS official’s call for a pay cut for senior health workers, finance secretary John Swinney has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeA quality shift in staff rostering
Software that allocates staff safely and appropriately while helping to meet their shift preferences is also helping to save trusts’ money. Jennifer Taylor logs on