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HSJ KnowledgeTough times are top times to brush up on your skills
You can take your career in an exciting new direction by making the most of your transferable skills, says Ben Chambers
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NewsPCT chief exec steps down via MARS
A Shropshire chief executive is to leave his primary care trust at the end of the month via the government’s scheme to streamline management cuts.
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CommentNHS efficiency savings could get a rough ride
What is the difference between a cut and an efficiency saving? And will patients be able to tell the difference?
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NewsManagers divided over pensions changes
More than half of NHS managers think they should pay more towards their pensions, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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NewsCapita eyes NHS quangos
Outsourcing firm Capita is looking to take over at least four NHS quangos that currently employ nearly 12,000 people and have a combined budget of more than £2.6bn.
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Comment‘Labour MPs who call the Osborne way Thatcherism Mk II are not up to speed’
It took less than a week for some vociferous supporters of George Osborne’s £81bn spending cuts experiment to get cold feet about the likely consequences for lower economic growth. The government “cannot cut its way to prosperity”, business leaders warned on Monday.
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HSJ KnowledgeSuperheroes of the boardroom: how to create a top team
Great leadership goes beyond the individual - and the ultimate top team combines strengths for the common good, says Phil Kenmore
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NewsNHS Confederation and Slipman agree ‘way forward’
The NHS Confederation has agreed a “collaborative way forward” with the Foundation Trust Network and its suspended chair Sue Slipman.
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NewsDH accused of 'wishful thinking' on redundancy costs
Figures being used by the Department of Health to estimate the cost of NHS redundancies have been dismissed as “wishful thinking.”
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NewsDH considers national pay increment freeze
The Department of Health is to examine introducing a national freeze in annual pay increments affecting more than a million NHS staff.
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NewsStress blamed for high public sector absenteeism
Stress-related absence levels have increased in the past year and are the main cause of long-term absenteeism in the public sector, according to new research.
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NewsCost of pensions spirals by £6,000 a year
NHS managers will have to pay up to £6,000 extra towards their pensions each year under plans mooted by chancellor George Osborne.
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NewsPublic sector job losses to hit 750,000
The number of public sector jobs to be axed as a result of the spending cuts will be around 750,000 - a quarter of a million more than government estimates, a respected economist has warned.
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NewsSHAs in the dark on redundancy plans
Two strategic health authorities have admitted they have no idea how many employees are at risk of redundancy in their regions and are playing a minimal role in helping staff find new jobs.
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NewsImprovement Foundation's former staff lose NHS screening contract
The NHS cancer screening programme has pulled out of a deal with former staff of the Improvement Foundation amid concerns about how much money the failed company still owes primary care trusts.
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NewsNHS London makes appointment to first set of merged PCTs
NHS London has finalised the new management structure for the first of its merged primary care trusts.
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NewsChancellor issues jobs and pensions threat
Chancellor George Osborne has announced spending plans that will force public sector staff to pay £1.8bn a year more towards their pensions and lead to 490,000 job losses.
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HSJ KnowledgeSelf-funding leadership development
The unique connection between any individual’s leadership development and their organisation’s business should be highly visible, says Andy Radka
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NewsLeicester PCTs to make five senior posts redundant in merger plan
A merged management structure for two primary care trusts in Leicestershire has been unveiled.
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NewsScottish boards told to slash manager posts
Scottish health boards have been told to cut the number of senior managers by a quarter as part of a package of measures aimed at saving the health service £100 million a year.