All Pay articles – Page 56
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Comment'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
Only by swiftly adressing the issue of clinical practice variation and developing better evidence based practice can we stop the quality of NHS care eroding, writes Professor Alan Maynard.
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NewsBMA to survey members on pensions deal
Around 130,000 doctors and medical students are to be surveyed about the government’s final offer on pensions, raising the prospect of their first industrial action ballot for over 30 years.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: is local pay a fair deal everywhere?
George Osborne’s stated purpose in opening up the issue of local pay rates is to ensure “public sector pay does not distort local labour markets”.
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NewsWarning for trusts planning to water down pay and conditions
Trusts should be “wary” of withholding pay increments from staff with poor attendance records, one of the country’s most senior industrial relations figures has told HSJ.
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NewsNHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
The government has offered to extend the NHS pensions scheme to staff transferred out of the service to make it easier for private firms to bid for NHS contracts.
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NewsPensions deal 'will save taxpayer tens of billions'
NHS pensions will remain a “proper reward” for a lifetime of public service, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has told parliament.
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NewsUnions reach pension agreement with ministers
Unions representing NHS employees have agreed to suspend plans for further industrial action pending consideration of the government’s “final” offer on pensions.
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HSJ Local
Shrewsbury and Telford's predicted deficit deepens
FINANCE: From April to October, the trust recorded a cumulative deficit of £507,000, which was £214,000 worse than anticipated.
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NewsRevealed: the foundations predicting steepest pay bill cuts
At least four acute foundation trusts have forecast wage bill cuts of 10 per cent or more over the coming two years, an HSJ analysis has found.
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LeaderThe mediocre will be the only losers if pay is reformed fairly
George Osborne has instructed the NHS pay review body to investigate the case for reforming the service’s national pay deal. The chancellor wants it to become more “market facing in local areas”.
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CommentCan the NHS Pay Review Body still be regarded as independent?
A “perfect storm” of issues surrounding staff terms and conditions could see all sides vying to influence the NHS Pay Review Body in the next 12 months. In such troubled times, can it realistically hope to retain its independence, asks Mike Jackson.
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NewsManagers divided over local pay options
NHS leaders are divided over a possible move away from national pay bargaining, although most managers with responsibilities over pay bills support greater local flexibility.
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NewsPublic sector pensions offer fails to ease dispute
The public sector pensions dispute remained deadlocked tonight despite a move by the government to improve arrangements for more than half a million NHS workers.
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NewsOsborne sets out details of NHS local pay review
Chancellor George Osborne has claimed there is a “clear case” for changing the national NHS pay deal in a letter setting out eight areas to be considered in a forthcoming review.
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NewsNHS pension scheme deficit predicted within three years
The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast the NHS pension scheme will pay out more money than it receives in 2013-14, meaning it will require a £500m Treasury bailout.
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Blogs
The strikes don't mean staff don't like doing their job
Generally across the public sector, staff remain committed to providing a high standard of service to the client or end user. Keeping morale high should be a line manager’s priority in a time of organisational cuts and structure changes.
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CommentAndrew Lansley: the NHS pension scheme - for a sustainable future
Now is the time for NHS leaders to engage with staff to let them know exactly what the revised pension offer entails, and why the scheme is worth sticking with.
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CommentViews from the picket line
James Clayton, a reporter on the HSJ and Nursing Times news desk, spent yesterday talking to nurses and other health workers on the picket lines in London.
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NewsNHS wages and national conditions may be under new threat
NHS employees can expect a prolonged wage squeeze and a possible end to national NHS terms and conditions, the government has signalled.
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NewsEscalating staff tensions feared as Osborne squeezes pay
George Osborne’s clampdown on pay on the eve of today’s (Wednesday 30 November) national public sector strike comes as managers are fearful of worsening staff tensions.