Lansley job loss speculation continues

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, may lose his job due to the NHS reforms, according to the head of the British Medical Association. The situation has stemmed from the proposed changes, which have been heavily criticised... <<Read More>>

Hundreds of jobs to go at top hospital

One of the country’s best-rated and wealthiest NHS hospitals is cutting hundreds of jobs. At least 360 posts, including frontline staff, are expected to be axed at the Univer­sity College London Hospital following a major... <<Read More>>

Health visitor spending diverted from training budgets

A Government commitment to recruit thousands more health visitors with £577m of investment is being undermined by trusts which are shifting money from existing training budgets. The Nursing Times reported that strategic... <<Read More>>

‘53,000 NHS jobs cuts’ research disputed

A collation of NHS jobs under threat at trusts around the country shows that 53,000 posts have either been cut or may be soon. The research by the anti-cuts lobbying campaign False Economy, run by the TUC, was backed by the BMA, but dismissed as...<<Read More>>

Radiographer struck off for making false overtime claims

Radiographer Ashok Mahadik has been struck off for falsely inflating claims for overtime on 42 occasions whilst he was working at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. A panel of the Health Prof... <<Read More>>

Hospital trust to cut up to 1,600 jobs

A hospital trust in central England has announced up to 1,600 job cuts over four years to meet savings targets. The Heart of England Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull, Good Hope and Heartlands hospitals in the West Midlands, said it hopes to improve efficiency and lose... <<Read more>>

BMA rejects ‘pay increment freeze’ jobs deal

The BMA has joined health unions in rejecting a no-redundancies deal that would have seen a two-year freeze in pay increments. In its formal response to NHS Employers, the BMA said its members had given an “overwhelming reponse” against... <<Read more>>

No-redundancies deal wins NHS chiefs’ backing despite pay impact

The NHS Employers ‘no-redundancy’ deal that could force more than a million health workers to accept a two-year pay increment freeze has been backed by a dozen chief executives. The no-redundancy offer, which would apply to staff... <<Read more>>

NHS Careers launches new website to widen appeal of nursing careers and shatter misconceptions

NHS Careers has launched a new website, Nursing Careers ( www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nursing ), to promote the wide range of nursing careers available, challenge misconceptions... <<Read more>>

Further NHS management jobs to go in the North East

The County Durham and Darlington Trust has announced it is to shed a number of management posts, as part of drive to improve efficiency at the trust.

The trust’s chief executive, Tom Hunt, told the BBC: “We have now opened consultation with staff on proposed interim structures to reduce management costs...

Almost a quarter of junior doctors dropping out

Information from the Medical Programme Board has suggested that roughly one in four junior doctors are dropping out of their training programmes.

The data apparently shows that around twenty three per cent of 6000 doctors failed to apply for the second stage in training...