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  • Claire Billenness
    Comment

    We can't sit back and wait for change

    2015-11-26T14:45:00Z

    NHS leaders need to take greater ownership of day to day workforce management in their organisations if the health service is to grasp the tough challenges ahead

  • Nurse doctor hospital
    News

    'We'll struggle to meet pay caps on staff' say trust directors

    2015-11-26T08:44:00Z

    The planned pay caps will be tough for us to meet, say half the trust directors in our survey

  • APY0DD_CROPPd
    News

    Exclusive: HEE budget freeze will have 'consequences' for NHS

    2015-11-25T17:24:00Z

    Health Education England’s underlying budget will be frozen in nominal terms until 2020-21 It will also lose £1.2bn of funding for student nurses and allied health professionals from 2017, as these payments are stopped HEE will continue to control placement fees for students training in the NHS ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Hunt agrees to Acas talks over junior doctors contract

    2015-11-25T15:40:00Z

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to talks with the British Medical Association through the mediation service Acas over a new junior doctors contract.

  • Nurse
    News

    Exclusive: Agency staff survey raises fears cap will be 'train crash'

    2015-11-23T13:03:00Z

    Survey of 3,600 agency staff shows many already work in the NHS and extra shifts top up pay More than half of agency staff said they will work fewer shifts or change career as a result of agency caps Monitor says action is needed to tackle “spiralling wage bill” ...

  • Danny Mortimer
    News

    NHS Employers approaches Acas over junior doctor contract

    2015-11-20T18:17:00Z

    NHS Employers confirms approach to Acas on Thursday night BMA made offer of mediation following industrial action ballot It is the first step towards negotiation since October 2014 NHS Employers last night approached the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration service about the possibility of negotiations over a new junior ...

  • Agency nurse
    News

    Monitor reveals hourly rate caps for agency staff

    2015-11-20T17:49:00Z

    Monitor and TDA reveal hourly rates for all agency staff Regulators agree to exclude bank staff from new caps on pay Trusts express fears over safety in consultation response Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published details this afternoon of the hourly rates that NHS trusts ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Jeremy Hunt rejects BMA offer of Acas mediation

    2015-11-19T15:10:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt says the BMA carried out a “campaign of misinformation” Health secretary says doctors’ union should negotiate with the DH Government will not consider using Acas without “meaningful talks” first The health secretary has rejected an offer of third party mediation with the British Medical Association over ...

  • News

    Junior doctors vote for strike action but call in Acas

    2015-11-19T11:30:00Z

    98 per cent of junior doctors vote in favour of strike action Chief medical officer says severity of strike action is a “step too far” BMA offers talks with government via conciliation body Acas Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over government plans to impose a ...

  • Workforce
    HSJ Knowledge

    Steps towards better workforce planning

    2015-11-17T18:33:00Z

    Need for a collaborative approach

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Hunt tells BMA: 'There are not pre-conditions'

    2015-11-17T13:16:00Z

    Health secretary writes to BMA junior doctors committe chair Jeremy Hunt says there are no pre-conditions to contract negotiations Mr Hunt says he made this clear in September meeting with Johann Malawana Jeremy Hunt has said there are no “pre-conditions” to future junior doctor contract talks, in a ...

  • Workforce
    News

    DH unable to reveal extent of pay cut for doctors needing pay protection

    2015-11-17T12:34:00Z

    DH says it is unable to say what the level of pay cut would be for junior doctors requiring pay protection Net take home pay for trainees will fall by £250-£300 because of basic pay rise BMA warns new contract offer would mean reduced pay for future junior doctors ...

  • Strike
    News

    Junior doctors threaten to withdraw emergency cover during strike action

    2015-11-12T15:39:00Z

    BMA council suggests three possible days for industrial action Two days will involve a full walkout including urgent and emergency care Mark Porter says ministers must remove threat to impose a deal Junior doctors could carry out three days of strike action next month including two days without ...

  • News

    Exclusive: Consultant contract negotiations nearing conclusion

    2015-11-11T12:33:00Z

    NHS Employers aiming to make final offer in December Contract variation will affect all consultants working in England Changes come as junior doctors ballot for industrial action Negotiations to change medical consultant contracts could be completed as early as next month, HSJ has learned.

  • Shaun_Lintern
    Leader

    Junior doctors: after the strike who will be the peacemakers?

    2015-11-06T13:37:00Z

    Minds at the Department of Health and the BMA need to turn to what happens next after industrial action – a prolonged dispute is in nobody’s interest, least of all NHS patients

  • Alastair Burt
    News

    Exclusive: 'More control' will drive GPs to new contract, says minister

    2015-11-06T07:00:00Z

    The main incentive for GPs to switch to the government’s proposed new ‘voluntary contract’ will be to gain more control over their work and more time to see patients, health minister Alistair Burt has told HSJ.

  • nurse doctor mask flu
    News

    Analysis: New junior doctor contract won't stop strike action

    2015-11-04T13:10:00Z

    A new contract offer for junior doctors working in the NHS in England has been published by the Department of Health and NHS Employers today.HSJ’s workforce correspondent Shaun Lintern examines the new offer and explores why the eleventh hour proposal is unlikely to stop a strike by junior doctors, who ...

  • Finance
    HSJ Local

    Doncaster chief defends finance director over mystery £12m deficit

    2015-10-30T16:36:00Z

    The chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has defended the ‘integrity and character’ of the trust’s finance director following the discovery of a previously unknown £12.6m deficit.

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Health secretary offers pay guarantee to junior doctors

    2015-10-28T18:00:00Z

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has offered a pay guarantee to junior doctors as part of plans to end the impasse between the government and the British Medical Association.

  • Busy hospital
    News

    The junior doctors contract dispute: What happens next?

    2015-10-22T07:00:00Z

    The government’s bid to change junior doctors contracts in the face of strong opposition has developed into the major political NHS story this year, and a major focus for officials and ministers alike. HSJ workforce correspondent Shaun Lintern examines the issues.