All Workforce articles – Page 55
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Catastrophic failure, but not the trust you’d expect
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNew strikes planned across five ambulance trusts
The major ambulance service union, Unison, has announced a further strike date, with ten days’ notice.
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NewsConsultants asked: ‘Are you prepared to strike?’
Consultants across England will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsBMA issues ‘unaffordable’ medical locum rate card
The British Medical Association has issued a locum pay rate card for junior doctors, which trust bosses have described as ‘unaffordable’ and ‘unilateral’.
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News4,000 temporary beds to be made permanent under NHSE recovery plan
NHS England plans to shift about 4,000 temporary hospital beds from inappropriate areas into new wards next year, and open around 1,000 additional staffed beds, as part of new urgent and emergency recovery proposals set out today.
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NewsGovernment delays ‘partial retirement’ pension reform
Ministers have been accused of scoring a ‘massive own goal’ by delaying a proposed NHS pension reform – seeking to reduce tax hits on high-earners – by six months.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: New roles, same problems
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsScandal-hit trust loses four directors
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is losing four executive directors in the space of a few months.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Reforms spark fears over impact on workforce
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Liverpool promises to change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE’s redundancy scheme ‘unfit for purpose,’ says managers union
NHS England’s voluntary redundancy scheme is “unfit for purpose”, the Managers in Partnership union has claimed, warning its members to “consider their circumstances carefully” before applying.
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NewsSix further ambulance strike dates announced
The union Unite has announced six days of strike action among its ambulance service staff, some of which coincide with action by GMB at the same trusts.
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HSJ LocalTrust names third CEO in four months
A hospital group has appointed its second interim chief executive since October, after the substantive CEO went on leave for health reasons.
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NewsSenior managers among targets in NHSE redundancy drive
NHS England has published details of a voluntary redundancy scheme, which has been launched in an effort to cut its headcount by up to 40 per cent and help “minimise any need for compulsory redundancy”.
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NewsNurses and ambulance staff to stage co-ordinated strike on 6 February
More than 10,000 ambulance staff will join nurses in co-ordinated walkouts next month, in one of the biggest strikes in NHS history.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Priced out of the market
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: the trusts offering thousands of staff inferior pensions
Trusts are regularly denying staff employed by their wholly owned subsidiary companies access to the NHS pension and providing them with schemes which are significantly less generous.
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NewsNurse strike to hit at all but one of region’s hospitals next month
Nurses at every acute trust in the South West except one will strike next month, under further action announced by the Royal College of Nursing.
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NewsCQC names worst trusts for maternity care
The trusts with substantially worse experience of maternity care have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.