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Osborne: government departments face greater austerity after 2015 without welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne today warned that without further reductions in welfare spending government departments will face even deeper austerity after 2015 than in the current period.
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Treasury hints at winners and losers under local pay
Local pay bargaining could raise the salaries of staff in regional “hotspots” but parts of the West Midlands, Yorkshire, west Scotland and Wales may lose out, Treasury documents suggest.
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Budget round-up: Osborne heralds tax cuts and local pay rates
Chancellor George Osborne has suggested local pay rates will be introduced for some public sector workers.
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Labour plots service changes through local authorities
Labour will attempt to link “waste, waits, stresses and strains” in the NHS to the government’s reforms, and try to redesign services through the local authorities it runs.
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NHS reform row 'not over', warn healthcare leaders
The high profile row over the government’s NHS reforms will persist despite its Health Bill finally becoming law, healthcare leaders predict.
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Pay freeze fails to prevent trust overspend on wages
The NHS pay freeze has failed to prevent acute hospitals from running up an estimated £300m year-to-date overspend on wage bills, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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Regional salary gaps evident as George Osborne confirms local pay
HSJ has obtained new evidence of salary disparities within and between regions as the government prepares to introduce local pay rates.
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Monitor: governors should step in earlier to address problems
Monitor’s chief operating officer has told foundation trust governors they should step in earlier if there are quality problems at their trust.
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Fewer staff would recommend NHS job
The proportion of NHS staff who would recommend their organisation as a place to work is steadily dropping, latest survey results reveal.
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Exclusive: regulator mulls new squad of fixers for most-troubled trusts
Struggling foundation trusts may be forced to take on new Monitor troubleshooters who will advise trust boards and inform the regulator about weak board members, HSJ has discovered.
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Labour forces emergency Health Bill debate
Labour has mounted a last-ditch bid to keep the government’s controversial NHS reforms off the statute book after the legislation cleared the House of Lords.
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Health Bill on verge of becoming law
The government’s Health Bill has received its third reading in the Lords, meaning the controversial legislation is on the verge of becoming law.
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New NHS bodies face recruitment challenge, government told
National bodies being set up as part of the government’s NHS reforms risk being unable to attract good enough leaders due to declining pay, terms and conditions, experts have warned.
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New England chief nursing officer named
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Jane Cummings as its chief nursing officer. Ms Cummings is currently the nursing director for NHS North of England, and previously for NHS North West.
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Health Bill will widen inequalities says experts' 'risk register'
The Health Bill will widen health inequalities, increase healthcare costs, reduce quality of care and the lead to the loss of a comprehensive NHS, according to an alternative “risk register” drawn up by the Faculty of Public Health.
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Doctors to take on coalition MPs at next election
A group of NHS doctors plan to field candidates against high-profile coalition MPs at the next general election in protest at controversial government health reforms.
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Call for food advert watershed
Adverts for food which is high in fat, sugar and salt should not be broadcast before the 9pm watershed, according to the public health minister for Scotland.
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£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
The health secretary has approved the merger of three London hospital trusts to create an organisation with an estimated turnover of £1.1bn.
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NHSCB patient role ‘too information focused’
Patient and public representatives have raised concern that the NHS Commissioning Board may appoint an informatics specialist rather than a “true patient champion” to a senior director role.
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Physicians vote to reject the Health Bill
Physicians have overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Health Bill in its current form, but are split on whether it should be improved or scrapped.