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NHS Stoke confirms appointment of community chief exec
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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PCT predicting management savings shortfall
WORKFORCE: NHS Heart of Birmingham is predicting a £570,000 shortfall on its management costs target.
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Medical and nurse directors to lose formal board roles
STRUCTURE: The PCT is proposing reduce the size of its board from 14 to nine.
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Concern over redundancy time-tabling at NHS Southwark
WORKFORCE: The HR and corporate affairs directors of NHS Southwark have raised concerns over the time-tabling of the management cost reductions.
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Kettering General Hospital FT predicting agency overspend
FINANCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting to overspend on agency costs by £3.3m by the end of the year.
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NHS Lewisham concern over 'high number of nurses in borough over 50'
WORKFORCE: NHS Lewisham has asked providers in the borough what they are planning to do about the high number of nurses over 50 in the workforce.
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Interim chief exec made permanent at Hampshire Partnership FT
WORKFORCE: Hampshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsAdviser says he was sacked for therapy views
A government mental health adviser has said he was sacked after raising concerns about the £400m committed by the government to extend talking therapies.
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Three new additions to the board at Southampton University Hospital
WORKFORCE: A charity chief executive and a former partner in a consultancy firm are among the new additions to the board at Southampton University Hospital.
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Pay costs over budget at West Suffolk Trust
WORKFORCE: Pay costs are £1.18m above budget at West Suffolk Hospital Trust due to agency costs.
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NewsIoD calls for employment law overhaul
Collective pay bargaining in the NHS should go as part of an employment and planning law overhaul designed to kickstart the economy, business leaders have told the government.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells looks to Portugal for nurses
WORKFORCE: The Kent trust has successfully sourced new nursing recruits from Portugal and Ireland.
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North Lincs foundation plans 350 admin post cut
WORKFORCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust is consulting on plans which would reduce administration posts by 350.
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NewsBarts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
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Leeds Partnership FT prioritises workforce
WORKFORCE: Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust is seeking to improve its attendance rate and other workforce indicators.
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NewsKent PCT cluster appoints future chief exec
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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CQC finds workforce concerns at Mid Essex
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has found two new moderate concerns at Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust, in a January inspection.
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Brighton and Sussex hospitals ups rating in gay friendly employer list
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust was ranked 72 in the latest Stonewall Top 100 Workplace Index – making it one of only five NHS organisations to appear in the list.
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Dartford acute trust consults on equality plan
WORKFORCE: The trust has launched a consultation on a draft Single Equality Scheme 2011-2014.
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CommentSuccessful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
Mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organisations in the developed world have become much more commonplace over the last decade.