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Ministers have had to give the lowest-paid NHS staff an emergency salary top-up of 28p an hour to stop hospitals and clinics breaking the law Current rates will be below the increased minimum wage level in April Not ideal nhsemployers.org/news/national-…

Eek - here are the latest repair bills for hospitals awaiting delayed rebuilds/refurbs (highlighted) Originally meant to be done by 2030, now only starting construction after this date

The NHS's efforts to boost productivity have been characterised by counter-productive short-term cost-cutting, a leading health economist has said. Comes as The Health Foundation launches new commission to investigate how NHS can maximise its productivity hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

New: Trusts are urging ministers to exempt NHS-related roles from plans to axe funding for higher-level apprenticeships. A letter seen by Health Service Journal says this risks ‘devastating’ critical training pathways for roles such as district nurses and ACPs. hsj.co.uk/workforce/nurs…

The #socialcare means test keeps on getting meaner. This is the 15th year in a row that the ‘upper threshold’ hasn’t risen in line with inflation, so more people will be forced to pay for their own care. And yet any prospect of reform is still years away. gov.uk/government/pub…

Retweeting this because I think it is important: if openness means anything in the NHS, it must include making problems more visible. Increasingly, critical reports (of which these are an example) are not coming to public boards for discussion. buff.ly/3Q31gln

.Imperial NHS 💙 to get £50m to progress St Mary's Hospital rebuild over next few years - despite build date pushed back to at least 10 years away Understand this means they can keep project team going, while others may have to stand down imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/…

NHS England productivity update The good: according to NHS estimates, hospital productivity is growing by 2.4% year-on-year The bad: productivity is still 8% below pre-pandemic levels The remarkable: spending on agency staff down by 36% year-on-year england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-…

BREAKING: Dame Cally Palmer stepping down from role as NHS England national cancer director, NHSE CEO Amanda Pritchard announces at NHSE's board meeting. Also says new cancer strategy due later this year. england.nhs.uk/livestreams/

NHS trusts have cut thousands of staff this year as they try to balance the books. Yet most of the cuts appear to have fallen on non-clinical staff - raising questions about whether this will hinder efforts to boost productivity hsj.co.uk/workforce/trus…

Yet more grim news on trends in children's health and inequality gov.uk/government/sta…

🚨 Cheshire Police says individuals at the Countess of Chester hospital, where Lucy Letby worked, may be guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. This is in addition to its inquiry into corporate manslaughter. It will not say who the suspects are and no arrests have been made.

The huge & very useful annual survey of NHS staff has sadly got lost over the past 7 frenzied days luckily Nick Kituno (kituno.bsky.social) has unpicked one of the most important themes here in the first of a NEW MONTHLY WORKFORCE BRIEFING hsj.co.uk/expert-briefin…

The govt has rejected a plan for a separate nursing pay spine, despite 94% of nurses who responded backing the idea:

Health secretary Wes Streeting announces mandatory reporting at national level of violence against NHS staff and a universal career structure for social care staff as a first step towards Labour's National Care Service: Full speech: gov.uk/government/spe…

CONFIRMED: Department of Health and Social Care announces NHS staff in England 3.6% pay rise. Consultants will get 4% and resident (junior) doctors will get 4% + £750 consolidated sum. Pay to be backdated to April and in pay packets in August. Extra pay funded by "cutting duplication and waste" says DH.