All Workforce articles – Page 289
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PCTs begin new wave of redundancies
Eight hundred primary care trust staff are likely to lose their jobs in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester, HSJ has learned, heralding the start of a final round of job cuts in the transition to the new NHS structure.
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Nine directors appointed to NHS property company
The Department of Health has recruited nine directors to the independent property company it is setting up to manage NHS estate, all of whom are currently working in the NHS.
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Trusts face higher pension costs so frontline staff can retire early
NHS trusts could have to pay higher pension contributions for some staff groups so they can retire earlier, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why NHS staff are going solo
The conditions are right for frontline staff to consider a move towards independence
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley chief executive takes early retirement
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of the Wye Valley Trust, Martin Woodford, has taken voluntary early retirment after a period of sick leave, it has been announced.
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Children's ward 'fully staffed again'
A children’s ward that did not admit patients for three weeks because of a staff shortage has returned to full service.
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Some 'abolished' PCT and SHA staff to stay on after April 2013
Some primary care trust and strategic health authority staff may be kept on for up to a year after April 2013 to help “close down” the abolished organisations, it has emerged.
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CQC whistleblower to stay on the board
The Care Quality Commission non-executive director who gave highly critical evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry will stay on the regulator’s board, despite attempts by its chair to remove her.
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Alder Hey Children's Trust responds to court case decision
Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust has told HSJ it recognises consultant surgeon Edwin Jesudason as a whistleblower.
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NHS Leeds loses holiday payment test tribunal
Appeal judges have spelled out the law on when a worker is entitled to payment in lieu of annual leave not taken because of long-term absence from their job through sickness.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 26 July 2012
Supply and demandYour article, New workforce chief promises staff flexibility, wrongly suggests there has in the past been an “oversupply” of physiotherapists.This is not the case. Short term NHS financial freezes restricted opportunities for new physio graduates for a brief time, prompting cuts of around a third in training places ...
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Health Education England unveils senior management team
Five directors making up the senior management team at Health Education England have been named today.
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High Court stops Alder Hey taking action against 'whistleblower'
A High Court injunction has been issued to prevent Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust from staging a meeting which could have led to the dismissal of a paediatric surgeon who had raised concerns about safety.
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Sickness rate among NHS staff falls
Sickness among NHS workers has fallen by just 0.04 per cent in 12 months despite efforts by NHS trusts to reduce the number of days lost.
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New clinical roles announced at top of Health Education England
Two new senior clinical posts have been created at Health Education England in a bid to link quality of care with future education and training.
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HSJ Knowledge
Rapid recovery for sick staff benefits everyone
The longer an employee is off sick with back pain or stress, the less likely they are to return to work. We find out about a system that enables them to return to work sooner, with added benefits for the employer and its patients
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BME staff at risk in transition, commissioning board warned
Black and minority ethnic NHS staff risk being “significantly disadvantaged” in the transfer of employees to the health service’s new structure, senior NHS Commissioning Board executives have said.
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Overseas temporary doctor numbers for Olympics revealed
Doctors from 141 nations have registered to practice in the UK during the competition, figures from the General Medical Council suggest.