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NewsCameron to urge public sector strike rethink
David Cameron will today urge public sector unions to halt planned industrial action and agree that pension reform is necessary.
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NewsBernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
The chief executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to take early retirement, HSJ understands.
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Warrington and Halton Hospitals seeks to plug £12.7m gap in savings plan
FINANCE: The foundation trust was forecasting a £2.6m shortfall on its £12.7m cost improvement programme for 2011-12, before the use of contingency reserves, its 30 April board papers show.
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NewsImperial appoints SHA figures to board
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed two senior managers from strategic health authorities as its chief financial officer and chief information officer.
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News'Dangerous' management cost cuts must be revised
There are growing calls for NHS management cost savings targets to be revised in light of changes to the reforms and amid fears the cuts are becoming “dangerous”.
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CommentThe right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
A year ago, City Health Care Partnership became the first social enterprise to ‘go live’ through the right-to-request scheme. On its first anniversary, chief executive Andrew Burnell reports on how they are getting on.
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NewsPensions strife threatens staff terms deal
Industrial strife over pensions reform is set to further frustrate trusts’ attempts to introduce changes to staff terms and conditions.
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NewsDH's information chief Christine Connelly resigns
The Department of Health’s chief information officer Christine Connelly has resigned, it was announced today.
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NewsTraining budget protection supported by government
Billions of pounds set aside for staff training could in future be ring-fenced after the government declared support for “protected” education budgets.
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More than 100 staff apply for Mutually Agreed Resignation at 5 Boroughs
WORKFORCE: More than 100 of the foundation’s 2,200 staff have applied for the mutually agreed resignation scheme, latest board papers show.
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Sussex Partnership FT inherits 250 staff
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust boosted its workforce by 246 in April following its takeover of new services under the transforming community services programme.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership offer staff physio to combat sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The foundation is to offer physiotherapy services to help staff with musculoskeletal problems, in an effort to reduce its sickness absence levels.
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NewsNo revolt on pensions after government talks pledge
MPs have waved through plans to raise the state pension age for women despite strong opposition, after the government offered to hold talks with critics about how the change would be introduced.
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NewsDoctor warns over mental health care 'vacuum'
There is a “massive problem” of depleting numbers of mental health doctors, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership to inform national policy on equality and diversity
WORKFORCE: The mental health FT has been selected as a member of the Department of Health’s “trust reference group” on equality and diversity.
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NewsClare Chapman resigns from DH
The Department of Health’s workforce director Clare Chapman has resigned.
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NewsTrusts to be held to account for training funds
Providers will be held much more heavily to account for their investment in training, the government has announced.
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NewsGovernment stands by pension change
The government is on course for an autumn showdown with the trade unions after Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander insisted ministers would not back down over plans to reform public sector pensions.
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Bare midriffs banned at hospital
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust has warned staff against wearing clothes that expose their “midriff” or “excessive cleavage”.