All Redundancies articles – Page 7
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Front line 'must be NHS priority'
Health minister Simon Burns has insisted that the NHS must make frontline services a “priority” as new figures were released by a union showing clinical staff accounting for half of planned job losses in the health service.
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Alder Hey plans to cut pay bill by £4.7m this year
WORKFORCE: The foundation aims to reduce its spend on pay by £4.7m this year, £4.4m in 2012-13, and £3.8m in 2013-14, a February board report shows.
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NewsPublic sector managers wary of increased strike threat
Most employers fear increasing levels of industrial action in the next year, especially as public spending cuts start to take effect, a new study reveals.
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South West Essex PCT has shed 200 staff since last year
WORKFORCE: NHS South West Essex has reported that it will have 200 fewer staff for the 2011-12 financial year.
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NewsParty pledges to scrap ambulance trusts
Plaid has renewed a pledge to dissolve the Welsh Ambulance Trust and transfer its responsibilities to local health boards (LHBs) - despite saying it would not “fragment” the health service in Wales.
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Around 30 posts 'saved' at NHS Wiltshire
WORKFORCE: NHS Wiltshire has found alternative roles for 30 staff originally identified as at risk of redundancy.
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NewsPublic sector workers unhappy, survey reveals
More than half of public sector workers would consider taking industrial action, according to a study released as activists prepare for an anti-cuts protest in London.
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NewsDon't simply cut posts to deliver QIPP savings, Easton warns trusts
The Department of Health will be “increasingly discriminating” between trusts that find genuine efficiencies and those that simply cut posts, national director for improvement Jim Easton has warned.
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NewsFT severance payouts to come under scrutiny
The NHS chief executive has promised MPs to do all he can to provide details of severance payouts made by foundation trusts.
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NewsUnions issue strike warning over pension reform
The government has been warned that implementing radical changes to public sector pensions could “light the blue touch paper” for strikes by millions of workers.
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HSJ KnowledgeDealing fairly with redundancy in merging PCTs
Primary care trusts looking to pool resources and skills to protect services ahead of their abolishment in 2013 can mean difficult redundancy decisions have to be taken. Weightmans LLP employment associate Jessica Baden-Daintree looks at five key things employers need to do to avoid failure to consult and unfair dismissal ...
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NewsBook balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
The need to save cash and balance the books is the biggest challenge facing NHS managers, according to a survey.
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Over 80 compulsory redundancies in South West Essex
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has made a total of 85 compulsory redundancies across its commissioing and provider arm, according to board minutes.
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Around 30 MARS approvals at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals has had applications for the mutually agreed resignation scheme approved for 31 staff as it tries to reduce staff costs.
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News1,000 trust jobs at risk, chief executive admits
Up to 1,000 jobs could go at the Pennine Acute Trust to meet budget savings, its chief executive has warned.
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32 NHS Wirral staff come forward for voluntary redundancy
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has received 32 applications for voluntary redundancy, which it estimates could cut its pay bill by more than £1m a year.
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NewsPCT chiefs fight loss of accountable officer status and right to redundancy
Primary care trust chief executives are fighting attempts to withhold redundancy payments from those moving into jobs lacking “accountable officer” status.
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NewsBarts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the DH's fistful of figures
The Department of Health’s intent to maintain “grip” on NHS performance during 2011-12 is plain in the technical guidance to the NHS operating framework, issued in late January.