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NewsHunt to unveil new midwifery support role and training routes
The health and social care secretary will announce new training routes into midwifery today as well as a new voluntary register and education standards for maternity support workers.
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CommentThe Five Year Forward View is no longer fit for purpose
The Five Year Forward View no longer holds water, making it necessary to draft a new vision statement for the NHS to make it “an investable proposition” in the eyes of the Treasury, says Mike Birtwistle
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HSJ Interactive"I tend to be a glass half full person"
Tom Cahill, HSJ’s Chief Executive of the Year 2017, talks to Alison Moore about getting mental health services on the map
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NewsRevealed: Pay deal includes permanent cut to some out of hours rates
Some NHS staff will see a permanent reduction in their out of hours pay rates as part of the new Agenda for Change deal agreed between unions and NHS Employers.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.
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CommentCare homes vanguards: Little things can make a big difference
Christine Harger on the vanguard work in Sutton in improving quality of care for care home residents, especially residents who frequent hospitals
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HSJ LocalInvestigation launched into how jobs were found for discredited NHS managers
NHS Improvement has commissioned an independent investigation into the way jobs were “found or facilitated” for former directors at the scandal hit Liverpool Community Health Trust.
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NewsEmployers confident contract deal will end NHS pay drift
NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer has said he is confident NHS trusts will implement reforms to prevent automatic pay rises following a deal on the Agenda for Change contract.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust creates subsidiary to turn around 'unsustainable' facilities services
University Hospitals Leicester Trust is to create a wholly owned subsidiary to run its facilities management services as the board has been told current arrangements are “not sustainable”.
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NewsMinisters and unions agree Agenda for Change pay and reform deal
More than 1 million NHS staff are set to be offered an average 6 per cent pay rise spread over three years from next April, after ministers and trade unions agreed a deal to reform the Agenda for Change pay framework, HSJ has been told.
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NewsGovernment to review whether GP premises 'fit for purpose'
NHS England and the government have agreed to carry out a review of primary care premises as part of this year’s GP contract deal with the British Medical Association.
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NewsCriticism of trust subsidiary companies 'inaccurate and misleading'
Critics of trusts creating wholly owned subsidiary companies are being “inaccurate and misleading” in their arguments against the trend, NHS Providers has said.
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NewsGovernment reveals new medical schools
Several areas of England struggling with doctor shortages are hoping to get a boost from five new medical schools, which have been announced today.
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NewsMore junior doctors taking career break
An increasing number of trainee doctors are taking a career break following completion of the foundation training, new research reveals.
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NewsTrusts urged to take 'just culture' approach to investigations
NHS Improvement has published a “just culture” guide to help NHS trusts make decisions following an incident of patient harm.
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CommentAvert the tragedy of the commons in the NHS
We need to evolve from self interest towards sustainable use of NHS resources to stop the decline of the NHS
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NewsTax regulator scrutinises CCG payments to GPs
HM Revenue and Customs has been scrutinising potential attempts from clinical commissioning groups to minimise GPs’ tax payments, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCarillion collapse: Trusts close to securing builders for new hospitals
Construction on a long awaited PF2 hospital held up by the collapse of Carillion could resume next month, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPension bosses consider extending tax relief for high earners
The organisation that runs the NHS pension is “actively considering” extending a facility designed to ease the tax burden on high earners, amid reports of staff being hit with bills worth many thousands of pounds a year.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England staff survey results revealed
More than one in five NHS England staff said they had been bullied, harassed or abused in the past year in its latest staff survey, which also shows improvements in several areas.