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Bob Becomes GM
Bob Williams has become general manager, paramedic emergency services, for Greater Manchester Ambulance Service trust. He joined GMAS from Derbyshire Ambulance Service, where he was a sector manager paramedic.
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Hundreds of manager posts go in mergers
Hundreds of NHS management posts look set to disappear this April as more than 20 trust mergers take effect. Figures provided by trusts suggest the latest round of reorganisation could save the NHS up to £20m a year.
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Bristol inquiry publishes agenda
The inquiry into the Bristol child heart surgery tragedy, due to begin in March, has published a list of the main issues it will examine in the first phase of hearings.
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Ministers want single pay review body structure as part of modernisation drive
Ministers floated their first thoughts on how the proposed new pay system for the NHS might work this week - just as they are gearing up to announce this year's pay awards, which sources say will be on 4 February.
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PCG polls 'should not be run by HA'
An investigation into a botched primary care group election in Birmingham has recommended that future polls should not be handled by health authority officers.
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'Laid-back' attitude to violence against nurses
Nurses are more at risk from violence at work than any other profession, according to a new report from the Trades Union Congress which says violence is 'endemic' in hospitals.
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Former nurse Ann Keen
Former nurse Ann Keen has been appointed parliamentary private secretary to health secretary Frank Dobson. The Brentford and Isleworth MP was also general secretary of the Community and District Nursing Association until her election in 1997. She succeeds Hugh Bayley, now a social security minister.
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Tribunal ruling significance played down
Managers have played down the significance of an employment appeal tribunal ruling hailed as a major boost for family-friendly policies by union leaders.
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Fixer's trust has bad debts
A top NHS manager drafted in to troubleshoot at a London trust facing a £6m deficit has admitted his own trust has run up a £3m bad debts loss.
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Making a point:
Making a point: a midwife signs a postcard backing a Royal College of Midwives campaign for a 'fair deal' on pay and action to tackle staff shortages. The RCM hopes to deliver 30,000 postcards to Parliament to 'maintain pressure' on ministers in the run-up to an announcement by the nursing, ...
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Commissioners call for spending boost to finance free elderly care
What the commission recommends