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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
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CommentMichael White on public spending
There was a cynical chuckle in the Commons during the pre-Budget Report when Alistair Darling told MPs “we take these decisions from a position of strength”. What decisions? Why, cuts in the public spending deficit, of course.
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LeaderUnions and NHS employers team up to negotiate for a better future
A tough year has ended with news that is no less painful for being inevitable - there are likely to be thousands of job losses in 2010. But despite the implosion of public finances the omens are not all bad.
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NewsTrusts under pressure to safeguard frontline jobs
Trusts could be expected to protect frontline jobs and training as part of negotiating a public sector pay rise of just 1 per cent.
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NewsSenior managers’ salaries come under scrutiny
The salaries of senior NHS managers are being scrutinised to ensure they provide value for taxpayers’ money.
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NewsTariff puts brake on acute admissions
Acute trusts will be paid only 30 per cent of the NHS tariff price for emergency activity above their 2008-09 levels, this week’s operating framework confirms.
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NewsJob cuts could see up to 5,700 staff go from PCT and SHA management
Up to 5,700 administrators and commissioners could be made redundant by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities next year, the Department of Health has indicated.
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NewsBudget cut 'disagreements' revealed
The chancellor wanted to do more to tackle the UK’s ballooning deficit but was overruled by the prime minister, according to reports today.
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NewsAndy Burnham offers to guarantee nurses' jobs in return for less pay
Frontline NHS staff could be given a guarantee that they will be able to keep their job if they are prepared to be paid less, health secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns pay cuts could cause problems
The NHS Confederation has warned that pay caps announced today by the chancellor need to be handled with care to avoid staff shortages and disruption of services.
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NewsAlistair Darling spells out real terms cut to the NHS budget
The chancellor’s pre-Budget report translates into real terms cuts to the NHS budget from 2011-12 onwards, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsPublic sector workers to get real terms pay cuts
Public sector workers face real terms pay cuts from 2011-12 onwards, according to the Treasury’s own figures.
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NewsUnison furious over pay and pension caps
Unison has condemned Alistair Darling’s pay controls as a betrayal of public sector workers.
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NewsPublic sector pensions to be brought in line with private sector, Alistair Darling says
Public sector pensions must be brought “broadly in line with those offered to the private sector”, chancellor Alistair Darling has announced.
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NewsNHS boards react to Gordon Brown’s salary shame threat
Forcing organisations to publicly justify the salary of every manager earning more than £150,000 would damage the NHS, boards have warned.
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NewsAmbulance trust to put bonuses for top team on hold
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has pledged there will be no bonuses for its top team after it was given just two weeks to make substantial improvements to cleanliness and infection control by the Care Quality Commission.