All Redundancies articles – Page 9
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NewsReforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
Hospitals will close, tens of thousands of jobs will be axed and health services will become more expensive under the government’s radical NHS reforms, the country’s biggest union has warned.
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NewsUnions all reject 'poisonous' pay freeze for job protection offer
Unions have unilaterally rejected any proposal to freeze pay increments in an official response to NHS Employers.
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HSJ Local
Bedfordshire PCT pays out almost £1m on MARS
WORKFORCE: Fifty-four members of staff at NHS Bedfordshire and its provider arm have taken up the offer of the mutually agreed resignation scheme (MARS) at a total cost of £980,000.
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News1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison
Union leaders have attacked plans to cut 1,600 posts at a Midlands trust, warning it could lead to a possible repeat of the hospital scandal that led to hundreds of avoidable deaths.
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NewsMinister fires warning shot over cuts to PCT public health posts
Public health minister Anne Milton has told primary care trusts not to cut public health capacity, ahead of their transfer to local authorities as part of the government’s health reforms.
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NewsLondon reviews future of PCT support body
An agency launched less than two years ago to support London’s primary care trusts could be shuttered in March, after nearly £70m of public investment.
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NewsHealth workers snub pay freeze deal
Health workers’ leaders have rejected a two-year pay freeze offered in return for a no compulsory redundancy agreement, it has been announced.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to manage career worries following spending cuts
As huge changes sweep through the NHS, Mark Laffan explores how leaders can weather the storm and ensure they get the best for, and from, their team.
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NewsManagers asked to declare support for freeze on increments
Senior NHS managers are being asked to sign a declaration drafted by NHS Employers setting out their reasons for supporting a two year freeze in staff pay increments in exchange for “no compulsory redundancy” guarantees.
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NewsManagement posts shed without full consultation
Warnings are being issued about the lack of consultation over job cuts as posts are shed in an accelerated bid to meet the Department of Health’s 46 per cent management savings target.
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NewsPatient information is 'at risk'
More than half of hospital staff involved in providing information to the public believe their services are likely to be cut, according to a survey.
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NewsLondon to fund development pot for pathfinders
NHS London is to pay pathfinder commissioning consortia £1.66 per registered patient to support their development.
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NewsNHS London gives hundreds of staff at-risk notices
NHS London has begun alerting hundreds of staff internally and across the capital’s 31 primary care trusts that their jobs are at risk.
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NewsCumbria chief loses £1m pension appeal
A primary care trust chief executive dismissed one month before qualifying for an enhanced pension package worth up to £1m has lost a discrimination case.
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NewsPCT job losses 'will happen within a year' - Unison
The loss of thousands of jobs through the abolition of primary care trusts will happen within a year, instead of the previously expected two years, union leaders have claimed.
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BlogsMaking savings through sackings - but who goes?
A report published recently expresses concern that the eagerness to cut costs in the short term could seriously undermine the public sector’s ability to deliver in the long term.
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NewsTop staff to move into community services, says Nicholson
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has called for the “best” staff to be transferred into community services in order to “revolutionise” patient care.
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NewsMPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
The Department of Health may have to start justifying its detailed spending plans to the Commons health committee, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNorth Tees staff offered voluntary redundancy
North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust is looking for staff to volunteer for redundancy to help it make £5m in savings.
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NewsPCT talent to be assigned to consortia
Primary care trust managers will be assigned to emerging GP consortia to add “influence” and limit the loss of talented staff, under national plans being developed by NHS East of England chief Sir Neil McKay.