All Agenda for Change articles – Page 13
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NewsNHS Employers proposes salary increment freeze
NHS Employers – the body that represents the Department of Health in pay negotiations with NHS staff – has proposed to freeze Agenda for Change pay increments for two years in exchange for a “no compulsory redundancy” agreement.
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NewsNHS staff not entitled to royal wedding holiday
NHS staff are not legally entitled to take the extra national public holiday announced by the government to celebrate the royal wedding, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of the NHS conference.
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CommentLocal NHS pay negotiations: beware raiders of the lost cause
We have too much to lose as patients and taxpayers to repeat the 1990s’ flirtation with local pay negotiations.
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.
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NewsDH considers national pay increment freeze
The Department of Health is to examine introducing a national freeze in annual pay increments affecting more than a million NHS staff.
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NewsPledge to cut anti-psychotic drug use
A cut in the use of anti-psychotic drugs for patients with dementia is among a number of pledges put forward by a new coalition of 44 organisations.
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Comment'What will a real increase in the NHS budget actually mean?'
The 2010 spending review has announced a real rise each year for NHS funding to 2014-15. However, other spending departments now face a horror show of real cuts in their budgets.
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NewsEssex PCT plans to shed over 220 staff in £5.7m savings bid
NHS South West Essex has set out plans to make 224 staff redundant in order to save £5.7m over the next financial year.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make your workforce more cost effective
As all NHS organisations must now get more value for less money, efficient workforce strategies are essential, say Sue Morrison and Rachel Spink
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HSJ KnowledgePlanning an age neutral workforce
Age neutral workforce planning is currently highly relevant to the NHS, as an employer.
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Foundation trusts seek to halt automatic pay rises
Foundation trusts are drawing up plans to freeze automatic pay increases in a move which could affect up to half a million NHS staff.
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NewsNHS managers to be offered pay-offs in return for jobs
Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMonitor issues warning on declining foundation profits
The financial fortunes of foundation trusts slipped in the last months of 2009-10, the latest report from their regulator Monitor shows.
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Curbing public sector pay will be difficult, study claims
The new government will find it difficult to impose a pay freeze in the public sector because of rising inflation and a thaw in wage restraint in private firms, according to a new report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Exposed: the truth about NHS pay
Public sector pay is coming under intense scrutiny from the press and politicians. Over three weeks Peter Smith will dispel some of the myths they perpetuate
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LeaderNHS pay: will you dare to lead by example?
Will the post-election period bring radical pay reductions and pension reform to the public sector similar to those being experienced in Ireland?
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NewsNHS Confederation appoints ‘hands on’ chair
NHS East of England chair Keith Pearson has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Confederation.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns