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NewsNHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Mental health, community and ambulance trusts have raised fresh concerns they are losing out under NHS funding rules – with one provider facing a £16m shortfall in recent years.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Baby death targets missed and negligence bill hits £58bn
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTrusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Government pay advisers have raised concerns about trusts spending an estimated £7m a year on recruitment firms “to pursue the same talent” for executive posts.
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NewsSenior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
The government has awarded above-inflation pay rises for most NHS staff for 2025-26, but senior managers will see their earnings fall in real terms.
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News‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
Repeated refusals by NHS England to fund extra staff was a key factor in a patient’s death, a coroner has said.
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NewsTrust ‘selectively targeted’ by workplace regulator after rise in work stress
The national workplace regulator has told an ambulance trust to do more to tackle staff stress as part of a programme in which it is “selectively targeting” high-risk organisations.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Streeting’s plans for senior manager pay
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsTrust in row with BMA over senior doctor
A hospital trust is involved in a row with the British Medical Association amid concerns over a ’bullying culture’, it has emerged.
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NewsPay for ICB managers set higher than trusts
Integrated care board CEOs and directors should often be paid more than trust peers, under new guidance published today.
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NewsNo pay rise for managers of worst-performing trusts
Very senior managers at the worst-performing trusts and ICBs will not receive annual pay rises from this year, under new national rules.
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NewsNHSE delays staff transfer to ICBs
NHS England is delaying the transfer of specialised commissioning staff to integrated care boards by at least nine months, as it reconsiders the future of the functions, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer commissioning chief to chair hospitals
A trust has appointed a former commissioning chief as its new chair.
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CommentReform’s council victories will strain relationship with the NHS
Reform UK has taken control of a swathe of councils. David Walker explores what this might mean for the NHS
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NewsManagers are being ‘re-educated’ after losing skills, says Mackey
Managers are having to be “re-educated” after losing skills in recent years, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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NewsAcute and mental health trusts appoint first shared chair
An acute trust and a mental health trust in the Midlands have announced they are to share a chair, which they say will create more opportunities for joined-up care.
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CommentThe economic wellbeing of NHS staff should be addressed by the 10-Year Plan
The 10-Year Plan must include a funded, strategic workforce recovery plan to overcome post-pandemic workforce challenges, write Nick Krachler and Ian Kessler
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NewsICB functions radically reduced in national ‘blueprint’
More than a dozen functions have been earmarked for “transfer” out of integrated care boards, including workforce planning, primary care, and digital leadership.
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NewsResident doctors ballot for action
No 2025-26 pay proposals announced Resident doctors in England are set to ballot for renewed industrial action over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former health minister has been appointed chair of a trust.
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CommentHow much should NHS staff be paid?
With the 2025-26 pay review body report imminent, Anita Charlesworth analyses different data comparing NHS pay and its implications for policymakers