All Strikes articles – Page 2
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NewsICB warned of ‘large financial risk’ from HCA wage claim
NHS organisations across Surrey are to review healthcare assistants’ pay in the face of potential strike action at one trust.
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NewsNHSE recovery target in doubt as 18-month elective waits continue to rise
The number of 78-week breaches on the NHS waiting list has risen for the sixth consecutive month, despite a fall in 65-week waiters and the overall list size, according to official data published today.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Doing more to fix general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsNew consultants pay deal backed by BMA leaders
The government has agreed to a new deal on consultants’ pay with union leaders, which will now be put to members.
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News‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
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NewsStrikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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HSJ LocalManager and doctor ‘camaraderie’ eroded by strikes, ICBs warn
“Camaraderie” between NHS managers and senior doctors has been eroded during the past year of medical strikes, a review by several integrated care boards has warned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Time up for two smallest trusts?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsJuniors plan latest five-day strike
Junior doctors have announced a further five full days of strike action this month, while their union has accused the health and social care secretary of refusing to extend their strike mandate to allow pay talks to continue.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Admitting the game’s up
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsEmergency unit faced closure amid ‘significant staffing crisis’
A hospital trust has considered closing its new “same day emergency care” facility twice in the past month or so, because of a “dire” A&E position.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The specialised commissioning lottery
HSJ recently revealed the dramatic differences in access to specialist medical treatments around the country.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Patient harm? ‘Definitely’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsDoctors who worked during strike thanked by NHSE chief
Amanda Pritchard has thanked junior doctors who “returned to work to ensure minimum levels of cover” during last week’s strike, “whether or not formal patient safety mitigations were granted” by their union, along with others who helped “keep patients safe”.
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CommentThe 'two minute' NHSE director and other stories from 2024
It’s that time when all newspapers fill space with new year predictions. Not to be outdone, Julian Patterson imagines the headlines you can look forward to in the next 12 months
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NewsNHSE to catalogue ‘harm and near misses’ where BMA rejects derogations
The NHS will start recording harm caused to patients during strike action where exemptions have been rejected by the British Medical Association – amid an escalating row between the union and NHS England.