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HSJ Local
OBE for chief nurse
WORKFORCE: The chief nurse at a Midlands hospital has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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NewsUnison conference to target held wages
Unison will open its national conference with a fresh attack against wage freezes and caps for health, council and other public sector workers.
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NewsHealth servants recognised in Queen's birthday honours
NHS managers and board members - and a hospital porter - have been honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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NewsDoctors' strike latest: Meldrum calls for 'sensible' pensions solution
Monday 11.30am: The head of the BMA has called for a “sensible” resolution to the pensions dispute in his final speech to doctors as chairman.
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HSJ LocalNew medical director for Mid Staffs
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced a new full-time medical director who will be seconded to the hospital from the neighbouring North Staffordshire Trust.
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NewsNHS finance manager avoids jail over bank cash
A senior NHS manager who wrongly harboured more than £146,000 of public money in bank accounts he controlled has avoided jail.
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NewsExclusive: chief executive of the biggest-deficit trust stands down
The chief executive of the trust with the biggest deficit in the NHS has resigned, HSJ has learned, while another troubled trust is losing five of its eight directors.
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NewsGPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
Andrew Lansley has claimed it would be “absurd” for GPs to walk away from clinical commissioning groups because they were angry over the government’s refusal to improve its pension offer.
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NewsLansley: management cuts to slow after 2012
Aggressive cost saving will mean new NHS organisations will not have to make further deep cuts in management and administration spending from next year, Andrew Lansley has revealed to HSJ.
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News£19m pledged for NHS workers to run mutuals
An extra £19 million has been announced to fund doctors, nurses and other health workers who want to take over the running of NHS services in England.
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News'Public interest' whistleblowing law change criticised
NHS whistleblowers could be discouraged from speaking out by a proposed change in the law, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: commissioning board to direct CSS recruitment
The NHS Commissioning Board is to coordinate the recruitment process for commissioning support services and appoint chief finance officers for each organisation, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsBMA chair candidates revealed ahead of member vote
Three doctors will go head to head in an election to become the head of the British Medical Association.
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NewsDoctors' strike could see thousands of operations cancelled
Contingency plans are being devised for next week’s British Medical Association strike which could see tens of thousands of hospital operations cancelled.
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NewsLarge rise in shifts filled by agency staff
The use of agency nurses by acute and community service providers has soared by 50 per cent in a year, evidence suggests.
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NewsExclusive: new CQC chief executive revealed
Department of Health director general of social care David Behan has been appointed chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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'Crisis' in child health could arrive in 12 months
The NHS could be a year away from a “crisis” in the care given to children, the new president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: NHS property company to take on 2,500 PCT staff
The new NHS property company will have 2,500 staff and a portfolio of “several thousand” properties with a total value of around £5bn, HSJ has learned.
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Birmingham FT workers strike over pay cuts
Workers at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust went on strike yesterday in a row over cuts to a pay premium designed to improve recruitment and retention.
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Blogs
Hiring and firing at will
I would have sacked a lot more people if I could have got away with it.