All Agency staff articles – Page 6
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NewsDH spent £3m on consultants for abandoned NHS Professionals sale
The Department of Health spent almost £3m on consultant advice for its plan to sell off NHS Professionals, which was dropped earlier this month.
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HSJ LocalBeleaguered trust forced to revise finance plan after 'significant slippage'
A struggling trust tasked with making savings worth nearly 7 per cent of its income is set to submit a revised finance plan after “significant slippage” in its efficiency schemes.
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LeaderPay rises are not the priority for the NHS
This will not be the most popular of HSJ editorials. There is no doubt that most NHS staff deserve an inflation matching, even busting, pay raise – but there are also good reasons why they should not receive one.
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CommentHunt: NHS management is not for the faint-hearted
From tackling bullying and harassment to improving training and flexible working, we must do a lot more to boost the numbers of NHS staff, writes health secretary Jeremy Hunt
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NewsGovernment could take back control of NHS Professionals after sale
The government will require the new owners of the NHS’s in house agency staff supplier to continue providing staff at low margins or risk ministers taking back control.
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NewsTrusts told to 'go further' on agency spending crackdown
Agency spending in the NHS is still “unsustainable” and trusts must “go further” in cutting costs, NHS Improvement has said.
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NewsDH spends £2m on stalled NHS Professionals sale
Nearly £2m in professional fees for selloff of stake in NHS Professionals “Project Florence” payments made to consultancies and law firm over two years Fate of project unclear since government announcement in November The Department of Health has spent nearly £2m on the stalled sale of a majority ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS ‘needs £100m’ social care boost to hit A&E target
Clifford Mann says extra social care cash needs to go on DTOCs or NHS won’t meet A&E goal NHS England A&E lead says huge boost in emergency staff needed Mann urges HEE to extend emergency medicine recuitment programme NHS bosses must persuade councils to spend £100m of new ...
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NewsExclusive: Third of community hospitals miss staffing targets for two years
32 per cent of trusts not hitting their own targets for nurses in community hospitals Proportion of trusts failing to hit targets has risen in past two years Trusts find it easier to meet targets for night shifts, data suggests NHS Improvement says safe staffing data does not take ...
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NewsU-turn over agency staff tax rules
NHS Improvement says trusts must not take a blanket approach to new IR35 rules Regulator had previously advised all agency staff would be covered by the tax changes New guidance published today advises trusts to review each case and consider representations NHS Improvement has made a significant U-turn ...
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NewsWorkforce app targets agency fees costing NHS up to £600m
A social networking app is aiming to cut into the hundreds of millions of pounds NHS trusts pay to temporary staffing agencies.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals 'extraordinary measures' after IR35 causes locum shortage
Locums slashed A&E hours from 295 a week to 52 Consultants stayed overnight in A&E departments to work as middle grades Trust says provision of emergency services remains “very fragile” Locum doctors slashed their hours from 295 per week to just 52 at a struggling hospital trust when ...
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HSJ LocalAcute trust competing with neighbours for staff recruits 325 new nurses
Around 325 nurses join trust struggling with recruitment Trust spending millions less on agency staff compared to nearest neighbours Director of workforce says trust ‘forced to compete’with neighbouring organisations for staff An acute trust in an area hit by severe staff shortages claims it is stealing a ...
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HSJ LocalTrust spends 12 per cent of income on agency staff
England’s smallest acute trust is spending 12 per cent of its total income on plugging staffing gaps, with expenditure rising at same time as the cap on agency spending falls.
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HSJ LocalIndependent hospital improves training in wake of patient death failures
Staff at independent mental health unit given extra training in dealing with emergencies Extra training comes after coroner wrote to the firm outlining failures linked to the death of a patient Inquest found James O’Brien died of natural causes, but the jury said the emergency response from hospital staff ...
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NewsIR35 tax rules will not be applied to locums retrospectively
HMRC and NHS Improvement say there will be no retrospective action following IR35 tax changes Locums say they are being taxed without receiving employment rights NHS Improvement asks trusts to complete operational pressure situation reports Locum doctors and temporary NHS staff hit by new tax rules will not ...
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GMC warns against 'unreasonable withdrawal' over IR35
The General Medical Council has warned that any locum doctors engaging in “unreasonable withdrawal” from work could exacerbate pressure on health services and potentially risk patient safety.
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NewsTrust A&E 'hours from closing' as locum pay row deepens
Lincoln County Hospital A&E was “hours from closure” after locums declined work NHS Improvement says it is unacceptable for locums to hold NHS to ransom Eleven doctors did not show up for work at UHNM’s A&E A hospital emergency department was “just hours from closure” last week after ...
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NewsTrusts 'trying not to blink' in locum pay standoff
Jim Mackey has said NHS trusts are “trying to not blink” amid standoffs with locum doctors, agency nurses and private contractors over new tax rules introduced by HM Revenue and Customs.
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NewsMackey: 'We dropped a clanger' on agency staff rules
NHSI announced new rules in February to prevent trusts from using agency staff who are also employed by the NHS, but said it was “pausing” the policy last week Jim Mackey says “we dropped a clanger but we fixed it” NHS regulators have admitted they “dropped a clanger” ...