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• NHS union members step up campaign to reject ‘paltry’ pay deal

  19-03-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Cross-union group sends out leaflets and hold online calls to persuade staff to vote against package agreed by leadersMembers of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between the government and NHS staff.A cross-union group called NHS Workers Say No has sent out thousands of leaflets, held online calls and started WhatsApp networks in an effort to pers
  
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• NHS strikes in Scotland averted after nurses and midwives vote to accept pay offer

  20-03-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite accepting the pay offer the RCN and RCM still demand an improvement in working conditions NHS strikes in Scotland have been averted after unions representing midwives and nurses voted to accept the Scottish government’s pay offer.Just over half of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members voted in the ballot, with 53.4% of those voting to accept the offer equating to an average 6.5% increase in 2023/24. Continue reading...
  
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• Press release: Sector leaders to drive progress on national Dame Barbara Windsor Mission to beat dementia

  20-03-2023 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  The UK Government has named two leaders in dementia research to spearhead the ambitious national Mission to tackle dementia.
  
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• Health union members ramp up campaign to reject ‘paltry’ pay deal

  19-03-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  NHS Workers Say No sends out leaflets and holds online calls to persuade rank and file to vote against package agreed by leadersMembers of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between the government and NHS staff.A cross-union group called NHS Workers Say No has sent out thousands of leaflets, held online calls and started WhatsApp networks in an effo
  
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• Challenges of recruiting nurses from Nepal | Letters

  19-03-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Radha Adhikari highlights the difficulties for healthcare workers in Nepal and the UK, both of which have shortagesRe your article on recruiting nurses from Nepal by Pete Pattisson and Pramod Acharya (‘If we leave, Nepal will suffer’: embattled hospitals fear impact of UK job offers, 14 March), the global healthcare systems face unprecedented workforce pressures, and international nurse recruitment and migration policy experts suggest this will continue.As a Nepali nurse with almost
  
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• Consultation outcome: Original pack dispensing and supply of medicines containing sodium valproate

  19-03-2023 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  Public consultation on proposals to allow pharmacists to dispense prescription medicines in original packaging, in particular those containing sodium valproate.
  
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• Maureen Edwards obituary

  17-03-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  My friend Maureen Edwards, who has died aged 77, was a popular member of the congregation of Saint Anne’s church, Wandsworth, in south-west London. Her association with St Anne’s went back 53 years, and in January this year she was awarded the Lancelot Andrewes medal by the bishop of Southwark for “godly service and zeal for the gospel”.Maureen was born in Sunderland. Her father, Anthony Bell, worked as a shipyard blacksmith and her mother, Jane (nee Bacon), did kitchen w
  
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• Press release: Temporary border measures to enhance Covid surveillance from China removed

  17-03-2023 14:51 via gov.uk
  
  Precautionary and temporary measures introduced in January to improve the UK’s ability to detect potential new variants of Covid from China are being removed.
  
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• ‘We’ve shed many tears’: a day in the life of an NHS nurse – photo essay

  17-03-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We follow Bejoy Sebastian, a senior nurse at University College London hospital, a member of a critical care team who travel from all over the city to care for the very sickBejoy Sebastian is not in nursing for the money, but he is one of the most dedicated, enthusiastic and compassionate people you could wish to meet.He is a senior nurse at University College London hospitals NHS foundation trust (UCLH) and travels back and forth from his home near Heathrow in the far west of the city where he
  
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• Health unions hail victory after government’s new pay offer for NHS staff in England

  16-03-2023 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer includes two one-off payments – 2% bonus and 4% Covid payment – plus pay rise of about 5%Health unions hailed a historic victory on Thursday, after Steve Barclay made a significant new pay offer aimed at ending NHS strikes in England, in a climbdown that could embolden other unions at loggerheads with the government.After months of rolling strikes, involving thousands of NHS workers including nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists, the government ditched its claim that th
  
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• The NHS pay offer is a significant victory for striking workers

  16-03-2023 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The deal on offer is a major climbdown by the government, but only long after the writing was on the wallPolitics live - latest updatesThursday’s pay offer marks a significant victory for the thousands of NHS workers in England who have manned the picket lines in the past three months – and a major climbdown for Rishi Sunak’s government.Until just a few weeks ago, the government appeared determined to hunker down and stick to the script that this year’s pay deal could not
  
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• Correspondence: Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary to the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing

  16-03-2023 19:01 via gov.uk
  
  Letter about the offer made by government on the 16 March 2023 to the NHS Staff Council, from the Health and Social Care Secretary to the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.
  
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• Press release: Government and Health Unions agree pay deal paving way for an end to strike action

  16-03-2023 17:21 via gov.uk
  
  After constructive talks with Health Unions, the government has put forward an offer for more than 1 million NHS staff to receive an additional pay rise
  
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• Government confirms new pay offer for NHS staff in England

  16-03-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer includes two one-off payments – 2% bonus and 4% Covid payment – plus pay rise of about 5%Politics live - latest updatesThe government has confirmed it is making a significant new pay offer to NHS staff in England, including a one-off bonus which unions say amounts to £2.5bn.The health secretary, Steve Barclay, and his officials have been in intensive talks with health unions to try to end months of disruptive strike action. Continue reading...
  
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• Transparency data: Adult Social Care Discharge Fund spending plans

  16-03-2023 15:30 via gov.uk
  
  These documents set out local spending plans for the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund received on 16 December 2022, covering the December 2022 to March 2023 spending period.
  
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• NHS strikes: Steve Barclay expected to announce formal pay offer

  16-03-2023 12:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer to unions involved in strikes in England expected to include one-off payment of up to 6% for this yearPolitics live - latest updatesThe health secretary, Steve Barclay, is expected to announce a formal pay offer to key unions involved in NHS strikes in England, including a one-off payment of up to 6% for this year, in an effort to end months of industrial action.Last-minute talks between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the unions were understood to be continuing on Thur
  
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• Press release: MHRA trialling pioneering stem cell robot that could transform the availability of life-saving cell therapies

  16-03-2023 12:08 via gov.uk
  
  The MHRA’s UK Stem Cell Bank is one of only two places in the world to test this technology.
  
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• Transparency data: Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2023

  16-03-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on how the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access is controlling spend on branded medicines in the NHS.
  
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• Breakthrough imminent on NHS nurses and ambulance staff pay, insiders say

  15-03-2023 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: sources close to ministers and health unions in England expect announcement as soon as ThursdayMinisters and health unions are on the verge of a breakthrough in talks to resolve their long-running pay dispute that has triggered a series of NHS strikes in England, with an announcement expected on Thursday, the Guardian has been told.Sources said positive progress had been made on discussions about the awards for ambulance workers and nurses for both 2022-23 and 2023-24, although uncert
  
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• Breakthrough imminent on NHS nurses and ambulance staff pay talks, insiders say

  15-03-2023 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: sources close to talks between ministers and health unions in England expect announcement as soon as ThursdayMinisters and health unions are on the verge of a breakthrough in talks to resolve their long-running pay dispute that has triggered a series of NHS strikes in England, with an announcement expected as soon as Thursday, the Guardian has been told.Sources said positive progress had been made on discussions about the awards for ambulance workers and nurses for both 2022-23 and 20
  
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• Independent report: UKNHCC annual report 2022

  15-03-2023 15:44 via gov.uk
  
  The United Kingdom Nutrition and Health Claims Committee (UKNHCC) annual report for the calendar year 2022.
  
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• Guidance: Public health grants to local authorities: 2023 to 2024

  14-03-2023 15:42 via gov.uk
  
  The public health allocations and monetary conditions for local authorities to improve health in local populations.
  
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• Open consultation: Lefelau gwasanaeth gofynnol mewn achos o streic: gwasanaethau ambiwlans

  14-03-2023 15:31 via gov.uk
  
  Mae’r Adran Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol yn awyddus am farn pobl am lefelau gwasanaeth gofynnol yng Nghymru, Lloegr a’r Alban wrth basio Y Bil Streiciau (Lefelau Gwasanaeth Gofynnol) i sicrhau yr amddiffynnir diogelwch cleifion.
  
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• Open consultation: NHS Pension Scheme: McCloud remedy part 2: proposed changes to Scheme Regulations 2023

  14-03-2023 14:48 via gov.uk
  
  The department is consulting on a draft Statutory Instrument making changes to NHS Pension Schemes Regulations necessary to implement the second part of the McCloud remedy.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: spending over £25,000, January 2023

  10-03-2023 16:59 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: spending over £500, January 2023

  10-03-2023 15:36 via gov.uk
  
  Department of Health and Social Care spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.
  
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• Statement to Parliament: NHS prescription charges from 1 April 2023

  09-03-2023 18:35 via gov.uk
  
  Charges for NHS prescriptions, wigs and fabric supports.
  
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• Guidance: Client level data and Short and Long Term data collections dual-run grant 2023 to 2024

  09-03-2023 17:10 via gov.uk
  
  Funding to support local authorities in England in the dual running of the adult social care client level data (CLD) collection and Short and Long Term (SALT) return.
  
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• Three in 10 NHS staff in England often think of quitting, survey finds

  09-03-2023 15:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Figure is at five-year high and survey also reveals high levels of burnout and concerns over staff shortages and payThe proportion of NHS staff in England who are thinking of leaving reached a five-year high in the health service’s 2022 survey.Amid high levels of burnout, stress and shortages of staff, more than 30% said they often thought about leaving, and 17% said they wanted to leave as soon as they could find another job. Continue reading...
  
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• Corporate report: PHE annual report and accounts: 6 months ending 30 September 2021

  09-03-2023 11:49 via gov.uk
  
  The final Public Health England (PHE) annual report and accounts for the financial year 2021 to 2022, laid before Parliament on 9 March 2023.
  
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