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Government acts to eradicate modern slavery from NHS

By Liz Wells 21 November 2024

The government is proposing new measures that would find public bodies who buy goods and equipment for the NHS in breach of the law if they fail to mitigate the risk of modern slavery in supply cha...

GMB

Liverpool NHS strike ends as workers win Covid bonus

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Strike action by more than 130 workers at Royal Liverpool Hospital has ended after workers won their covid bonus.

WORKFORCE

King's Health Partners and South London and Maudsley appoint Prof Hotopf

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Professor Matthew Hotopf has been appointed deputy executive director at King’s Health Partners and chief academic officer for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government launches review of physician and anaesthesia associates

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Government has launched an independent review of physician and anaesthesia associate professions to consider how these roles are deployed across the health system, in order to ensure that patie...

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust agrees pay deal for healthcare support workers

By Liz Wells 19 November 2024

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has agreed to give its healthcare support workers a pay rise and back pay following strike action.

WORKFORCE

Liverpool NHS workers strike for covid bonus

By Liz Wells 19 November 2024

More than 130 workers at Royal Liverpool Hospital have begun a two-week strike in a 'fight to get their missing covid bonus'.

WORKFORCE

Alder Hey appoints new chief executive

By Liz Wells 18 November 2024

John Grinnell has been appointed chief executive of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool.

LONG COVID

Nursing staff and doctors with long Covid 'hung out to dry'

By Liz Wells 18 November 2024

Nursing staff and doctors with long Covid are still being denied access to vital financial support, two years after the government’s own scientific advisory body called for ministers to take action...

WORKFORCE

Swansea Bay hospital staff back strikes in row over pay

By Liz Wells 18 November 2024

Hundreds of healthcare support workers at hospitals in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot have voted to strike over pay.

WORKFORCE

Southampton hospital porters to strike in 'bullying and toilet dignity' dispute

By Liz Wells 15 November 2024

Around 60 hospital porters employed at University Hospital Southampton will begin strike action later this month, after management ‘failed to act on the appalling levels of bullying and harassment ...