Mixed picture on NHS executive pay

Average chief executive salaries fell by 0.8% at hospital trusts in 2010-11, according to new research. Incomes Data Services (IDS) obtained data from 408 NHS trusts and boards, showing that pay for hundreds of executives on the boards of 228 hospital and mental health trusts rose by...<<Read More>>

Doctors consider radical moves in pensions dispute

Doctors will consider “every legitimate action” they can take to defend their pensions, BMA chairman of council Dr Hamish Meldrum has said. To loud applause at the doctors’ union’s annual conference in Cardiff yesterday, Dr Meldrum said: “I have this message for...
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‘Catastrophic’ financial crisis at hospital trust

Thousands of staff at a hospital trust may not be paid in August because of a “catastrophic” financial crisis, according to a leaked email. Malcolm Lowe-Lauri, chief executive of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, said it has a cash “overshoot” of between £5m and £6m...
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Long-term industrial action planned over pensions

NHS workers could join other public sector workers planning “long-term industrial action” over pay and pensions, according to Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison. He said that more than a million public sector workers could join walk-outs over changes to pensions...
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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>>

9000 public sector workers earn more than the Prime Minister

A study carried out for the BBC has found that around 9000 public sector workers, including those from the NHS, earn more than the Prime Minister.

These figures come at a time when public sector unions are calling for co-ordinated strikes to stop reductions in public spending.

Adam Marshall, of the British...