NHS
Improve wellbeing by becoming ‘conversationally intelligent’
Workplace conversations happen all the time of course, but “good” conversation – talking that makes change happen or calms conflict...
Pay increases for more than one million public sector workers announced
The government has announced wage increases for more than one million public sector workers, including teachers, the armed forces and...
NHS hospitals asked to reassure EU staff ahead of Brexit
NHS hospitals in England have been asked to reach out to staff from other EU countries about continuing to work...
Junior doctors with disabilities should keep specialist equipment, says BMA
Junior doctors who have disabilities that mean they need specialist equipment to do their jobs should be allowed to keep...
IR35 changes have ‘seriously damaged’ the NHS
Changes to self-employment tax rules have “seriously damaged” the NHS and the public sector, according to research by the Association...
Doctors and nurses to be excluded from Tier 2 visa cap
NHS doctors and nurses will be excluded from restrictions to the number of visas granted to skilled non-EU migrant workers,...
Home secretary Javid announces review of Tier 2 immigration
Home secretary Sajid Javid has said that the Home Office would conduct a review of its under-fire policy on issuing...
Two in five GPs plan to quit by 2022 amid workload concerns
Two in five GPs in England plan to leave the profession in the next five years, as more than 90%...
Jeremy Hunt vows to close NHS doctors gender pay gap
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a review into how NHS doctors are paid in a bid to close the...
Labour calls for health professionals’ exemption from immigration caps
Labour has urged home secretary Sajid Javid to exempt all health professionals from the immigration cap on skilled workers in...
NHS leaders say immigration cap is harming services
The Home Office is under renewed attack over its failure to grant visas to hundreds of doctors who had planned...
Exodus of European nurses from UK is ‘major concern’
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has warned that it is seeing a “significant” increase in the number of European...
Violent assaults on ambulance staff up by more than a third
The number of violent assaults on ambulance staff rose by more than a third (34%) in four years, according to...
Assaults on NHS staff increase 10% in a year
Physical assaults on NHS staff in England rose by 9.7% compared to 2015/16, according to new figures published today.
Violence...
NHS pay deal of 6.5-29% to be offered without holiday loss
More than a million nurses and other NHS staff in England will be offered a three-year pay deal worth between...
