All Pay articles – Page 30

  • Workforce
    News

    NHS warned not to ignore needs of 'generation Y' workforce

    2017-04-21T12:04:00Z

    Pay review body warns policymakers not to ignore demands of “generation Y” doctors Call follows last year’s damaging junior doctors contract dispute People born between 1980 and 2000 will make up half the global workforce by 2020 A failure by NHS policymakers to respond to demands of a ...

  • Stethescope doctor clinician equipment
    News

    IR35 tax rules will not be applied to locums retrospectively

    2017-04-20T10:43:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    More CCGs risk deficit after care home price hike

    2017-04-11T07:00:00Z

    Commissioning leaders fear funded nursing care price hike could push more CCGs into deficit FOI requests reveal CCGs estimate the rise cost them £152m in 2016-17 Price hike from £112 to £156.25 a week was announced by the Department of Health last year and backdated to April 2016 DH ...

  • News

    GMC warns against 'unreasonable withdrawal' over IR35

    2017-04-07T12:49:00Z

    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.

  • Blurred hospital corridor with three figures in it
    News

    Trust A&E 'hours from closing' as locum pay row deepens

    2017-04-05T18:02:00Z

    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 ...

  • Payslip
    News

    Trusts 'trying not to blink' in locum pay standoff

    2017-04-05T12:31:00Z

    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.

  • Nurse hospital doctor
    News

    Mackey: 'We dropped a clanger' on agency staff rules

    2017-04-05T12:30:00Z

    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” ...

  • News

    NHS in 'Mexican standoff' with locums due to new tax rules

    2017-04-04T15:22:00Z

    New tax regulations for off-payroll staff come into force on Thursday Some locums and temporary staff are refusing to work at NHS trusts Trusts face “Hobson’s choice” over locums’ pay demands, says finance director Medical director says NHS “must hold the line” on pay cap The NHS is ...

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Mackey: New agency staff rules put on hold

    2017-03-31T11:42:00Z

    NHS Improvement pauses new rules on employing agency staff RCN says plans were “ill conceived” and delay is welcome Jim Mackey says other planned changes announced in February will go ahead NHS Improvement has delayed “until further notice” bringing in new rules to prevent trusts from using agency ...

  • Workforce
    News

    Plan to boost nurse numbers by 2020

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    NHS England says health service will need more qualified nurses by 2020 NHS will launch fast track two year training programme and focus on retention Health Education England to publish workforce plan in April NHS England has said the health service will need more registered nurses by 2020 ...

  • purse
    News

    Government told to end current pay restraint policy

    2017-03-28T16:03:00Z

    NHS Pay Review Body warns government action is needed on pay policy Ministers told the lack of a people strategy means workforce issues being neglected One per cent pay rise recommended for all NHS staff Ministers have been warned by the NHS Pay Review Body that action will ...

  • Corby urgent care centre
    HSJ Local

    Urgent care centre may close this week over tariff argument

    2017-03-27T12:22:00Z

    Corby Urgent Care Centre may close on Thursday due to Corby and Nene CCGs refusing to pay national tariff rate for the work The centre will continue the contract if the CCGs agree to legal adjudication over fees as the centre claims it loses £30,000 a month running the ...

  • Liverpool seafront
    HSJ Local

    NHS England asked to investigate CCG pay rises

    2017-03-24T07:00:00Z

    Theresa May said health secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked NHS England to look at pay increases for non-executives at Liverpool CCG Rosie Cooper MP has raised concerns over “shocking pay increases” Salary rises came after increase in working days NHS England has been asked to investigate pay increases ...

  • magnifying glass
    News

    CQC to pay up to £191k to new chief inspector of hospitals

    2017-03-22T16:55:00Z

    The CQC will pay the new chief inspector of hospitals £161,000-£191,000 a year Sir Mike Richard’s replacement to be a “highly influential” clinician or board executive with “political acumen” Successful applicant will need to deliver new inspection model and determine the data needed to spot care failings The ...

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    CCG pays ambulance staff wages following private provider dispute

    2017-03-22T07:00:00Z

    £642,000 of goodwill payments made to ambulance workers by CCG Chief finance officer says: “We are not setting a precendent” CCG admits “there was frailty in the subcontracting market” Commissioners in Sussex paid a total of £642,000 in wages to former NHS staff after their private company employer ...

  • Martin Elliott
    Comment

    Right people in the right place and time is core to efficiency

    2017-03-16T07:00:00Z

    The only way to protect consultants and preserve their services is to ensure absolute transparency in consulting staffing arrangements

  • hospital
    News

    Pay crackdown: Trust chiefs to sign off all agency shifts above £120

    2017-03-15T15:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement says annual pay costs to increase by 3.3 per cent in 2016-17 But real terms reduction in costs against activity suggests productivity gains Trust chief executives must sign off agency shifts of £120 per hour or more Hospital chief executives are now expected to personally sign ...

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    'Festering' pay dispute is 'alienating workforce'

    2017-03-15T07:00:00Z

    East of England Ambulance Trust faces deepening pay row with frontline staff Local MP and former health minister Norman Lamb says dispute is becoming a ‘festering sore alienating workforce’ Row centres on how soon paramedics can move to pay band 6 and compensation for delays to training East ...

  • Wallet
    News

    Interim managers demand higher rates to offset tax losses

    2017-03-14T12:02:00Z

    NHS Improvement says trusts have been asked to pay higher rates to agency workers to “offset their tax losses” Under new rules, agency workers must pay the same level of tax as substantive employees Changes will affect interim senior managers, locum doctors and other agency staff who set up ...

  • Warrington Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Ex-Morecambe Bay HR director suspended from his current role

    2017-03-07T10:24:00Z

    NHS director who agreed “irregular” exit deal for Morecambe Bay midwife suspended from current role Mr Wilson has been suspended pending investigations into his actions The deal allowed midwife to leave without facing investigation An NHS director who agreed an “irregular” exit deal for a senior midwife ...