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NewsHunt interview: Agency cap needed to correct 'market failure'
Jeremy Hunt has defended his controversial move to cap spending on agency staff. The health secretary said current rates paid by the health service are “not market forces at work, but market failure”.
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NewsFrancis criticises NHS England safe staffing intervention
Sir Robert Francis has expressed serious concerns over NHS England’s decision to suspend the work he recommended to determine safe staffing guidelines.
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HSJ Knowledge'If vanguards work, the return on investment is to the wider NHS'
Interviews with three vanguard trusts
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NewsExclusive: NICE suspends work on nurse staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suspended with immediate effect its work to determine safe staffing levels across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe four steps to capitalise on talent management in the NHS
For safe, compassionate culture
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NewsStevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust with 'sound financial record' forecasts £22m deficit
FINANCE: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has forecast a deficit of more than £22m for this year.
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NewsExclusive: Vacancies fuel agency overspending by NHS trusts
Two-thirds of the spending on locum doctors employed in NHS trusts is being driven by the need to fill vacancies, analysis shared exclusively with HSJ reveals.
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NewsHunt to intervene on agency spending
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today unveil plans to cap agency and management consultancy spending by NHS trusts.
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HSJ LocalOccupational therapists join paramedics on some 999 calls
WORKFORCE: An ambulance service and acute trust in the North West have launched a pilot project in which occupational therapists respond to ‘low level’ 999 calls alongside paramedics.
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CommentHigh temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?
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HSJ PartnersOffer more support to deputy and first time finance directors
There are fewer candidates available
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NewsSimon Stevens confirms 'collective' NHS action on agency spend
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said the NHS will take collective action to tackle the high cost of agency spending in the NHS.
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NewsGovernment considers cap on 'egregious' agency spend
A cap on the cost of agency staff supplied to NHS trusts is being explored by the Cabinet Office and Department of Health in an attempt to tackle the ballooning agency spend in the NHS, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgeWe're all leaders: integration means collaboration
Integrated care means integrated working
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SupplementsSupplement: Make the most of non-executives and the independent sector
In this HSJ supplement, we look at the role of non-executives and why the NHS should enhance the role of the independent sector
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HSJ LocalTrust to axe 400 jobs in £14m savings bid
WORKFORCE: More than 250 posts have been axed during the last 12 months at a West Midlands foundation trust in a bid to save £7.5m.
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CommentA coaching approach to leadership can inspire your team
‘Telling’ and ‘mentoring’ have proven less effective