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Adoption award

New adoption and maternity support awards announced
28 September 2007

Contracts

	Better conditions for agency workers welcomed by union 22 January 2010
	Agreement reached on remaining areas of GP contract 11 January 2010
	Update published on accrual of annual leave during sickness 18 December 2009
	NHS Employers and the BMA publish timetable to help implement SAS contract 23 October 2009
	Isle Of Man pension proposals anger unions 25 September 2009
	BDA challenges Department’s new access contracts 11 September 2009
	Managers want to start pay deal talks to avoid future job losses 22 June 2009
	Doctors training contract under review 15 June 2009
	Mileage payments review deadline extended 24 April 2009
	New advice on salaried GPs 13 February 2009
	Unions set to call for a cut in hours for NHS staff 30 January 2009
	Annual holiday entitlement upheld for employees on long-term sick leave 26 January 2009
	RCN members ‘advised’ not to join day of protest 21 November 2008
	Unite members vote for industrial action 14 November 2008
	GPs win £100 per health check for learning disability patients 7 November 2008
	Three months to re-shape GP contract 7 November 2008
	GP quality framework cuts care inequalities 31 October 2008
	Fairer pay for GPs from next spring 27 October 2008
	Latest figures show drop in GPs’ pay 20 October 2008
	Practice nurses losing out on pay in comparison to rises for GPs 13 October 2008
	Government admits failings in NHS dental contract 13 October 2008
	Invite SAS doctors to take up new contract, trusts told 6 October 2008
	RCN angered by clinics’ threat to nurses’ employment rights 29 August 2008
	Changes to notice periods for senior NHS staff 13 June 2008
	Multi-year pay deal receives cautious welcome 11 April 2008
	GPs and PCTs agree changes to GP contract 4 April 2008
	Trusts must offer new terms to SAS doctors 4 April 2008
	GPs bite the bullet over extended hours 7 March 2008
	GP contract boosted numbers but blew budget, says watchdog 29 February 2008
	Staff grade doctors vote on new contract 22 February 2008
	NHS Employers offers advice on plans to change GP contract 8 February 2008
	Publicity campaign launched by BMA on vote on SAS doctors’ contract 8 February 2008
	GPs angry over proposals to extend opening hours 11 January 2008
	BMA criticises plan to use private companies to run GP services 14 December 2007
	Department of Health under fire over costs of consultant contract 29 November 2007
	Salaried dentists’ contract a step nearer 9 November 2007
	GPs remain dissatisfied despite pay rises 19 October 2007
	NHS pay reform itself cannot realise patient benefits 3 August 2007
	Changing face of primary care 3 August 2007
	Help for trusts struggling with consultant contract 1 June 2007
	Trusts must focus on doctors’ productivity 27 April 2007
	Making redesign reality 15 April 2007
	Pay in the balance 26 March 2007
	Dentists unhappy with contract 30 October 2006

Flexible working

	NHS Direct to adopt homeworking plan 30 July 2010
	Employers should be flexible over the World Cup, says union 7 June 2010
	NHS named a top employer by charity 29 May 2009
	Economic climate shouldn’t delay changes to flexible working rights, says TUC 24 March 2009
	Flexible working and workplace equality key themes in Queen’s speech 5 December 2008
	Right to flexible working extended 23 May 2008
	Childcare bonus for nursing students in Northern Ireland 2 May 2008
	Open courses launched on workforce planning 4 October 2007
	Flexible working guidance released 6 July 2007
	Flexible working provision for medics must rise 29 June 2007
	What can physiotherapists do to help trusts achieve the 18-week target? 15 April 2007
	How to design your own junior doctors’ rota 15 April 2007
	Flexible working guide launched 13 April 2007
	Creating more flexible careers for nurses 9 October 2006
	Permanent jobs too inflexible 9 October 2006
	Tips on how to find a work/family life balance 14 August 2006
	Extra hours worked 1 February 2006
	Success of the return to practice project 1 November 2005
	Weblinks... 1 October 2005
	Tips on achieving a good work life and family life balance 1 October 2005
	Employers paying more attention to flexible working 1 September 2005
	Best employer awards 1 July 2005
	Inspection standards 1 June 2005
	Staff safety 1 June 2005
	Flexible working urgently needed for respiratory doctors 1 May 2005
	Staff survey shows violence and abuse remain a problem 1 May 2005
	Work/life balance advice for managers and midwives 1 April 2005
	Staff survey shows violence and abuse remain a problem 1 April 2005
	Tips on how to achieve a good work/life balance 1 April 2005
	How to persuade your doctors not to leave 1 January 2005

Job guarantee

	NHS can’t guarantee jobs 4 December 2006
	One-year job offered to all Scottish students 13 November 2006

Job plan

Help for trusts struggling to agree consultant job plans
7 November 2008

Maternity

	Economic climate shouldn’t delay changes to flexible working rights, says TUC 24 March 2009
	Employers called to focus on work health balance 22 February 2008
	New adoption and maternity support awards announced 28 September 2007
	Breastfeeding support 13 November 2006
	DH loses midwife appeal 1 May 2006
	New maternity rights for health service trainees 1 October 2005
	Call to improve rights of pregnant women 1 September 2005
	Update on important changes to case law 1 August 2005

NHS Injury Benefits Scheme

NHS compensation claims to be re-examined
19 October 2007

Overtime

	Extra hours worked 1 February 2006
	Stress levels are escalating 1 December 2005
	Extra hours worked 1 December 2005
	Fee for service extension 1 April 2005
	Roll out for bonus scheme planned 1 March 2005

Part-time

	Doctors need part-time options, new report claims 11 July 2008
	Employers may have to pay up for missed pension contributions 13 April 2007
	More part-time posts would improve recruitment 1 January 2005

Pay Rises

Substantial pay rise for trust directors revealed
31 March 2009

Redundancy

	Staff to be informed of role changes or redundancy by October 16 July 2010
	Implications for employers of the White Paper 16 July 2010
	Public sector job losses would cost £15bn says union 21 June 2010
	Staff cuts looking increasingly likely 24 May 2010
	Proposals to cut 10 per cent of the NHS workforce rejected by government 7 September 2009
	Nurse Morale At 10-Year Low 20 July 2007
	Extension to benefit rights for over 50s denied 4 May 2007
	Specialist nurses most affected by NHS cash crisis 13 April 2007
	Redundancy advice 8 January 2007
	Government claims less than 200 staff made redundant 4 December 2006
	Employment law: redundancy and private practice 13 November 2006
	Redundancy advice 13 November 2006
	Temporary redundancies 13 November 2006
	Redundancy proposals debate 30 October 2006
	Views are sought on redundancy changes 9 October 2006
	Redundancy assistance 13 September 2006
	Plans to cut unfair redundancy pay 13 September 2006

Retirement and pensions

	Employers invited to give views on retirement age changes 23 August 2010
	New resource pack on retirement flexibility launched 13 August 2010
	BMA defends NHS pension scheme 9 August 2010
	Employers welcome decision to stop default retirement age 30 July 2010
	Public sector pensions are "too costly" 9 July 2010
	RCN podcast on pensions launched 2 July 2010
	Unite defend ‘modest’ public sector pensions against Lib Dem claims 21 June 2010
	Advice on use of independent financial advisors 30 May 2010
	Default retirement age should be scrapped, says equality group 17 May 2010
	Unions fight back over ‘gold-plated’ pension accusations 23 April 2010
	Physiotherapists call for action to protect jobs in the NHS 22 February 2010
	BMA to challenge pension discrimination 15 February 2010
	Default retirement age looks set to be changed 18 January 2010
	NHS Pension Choice exercise has now begun. 11 January 2010
	NHS pensions are a better deal than private sector ones, say experts 4 December 2009
	Tax refund announced for retired GPs 27 November 2009
	Audit Commission calls for review of public sector pensions 13 October 2009
	Isle Of Man pension proposals anger unions 25 September 2009
	Employers must update staff on pensions choice exercise 29 June 2009
	NHS Employers produces pensions leaflet 11 May 2009
	NHS Pensions Choice Exercise accepted 5 May 2009
	RCN offers free events to tackle the issues of an ageing workforce 16 January 2009
	Public sector pensions worth more than private sector ones 20 October 2008
	Social enterprise pension transfer rights questioned 20 October 2008
	Employers’ right to retire staff at 65 backed by European legal adviser 26 September 2008
	Financial reasons take back seat to lifestyle choice 15 August 2008
	Government pension clawback ‘unlawful’ 28 March 2008
	NHS Pensions website updated ahead of changes on 1 April 25 March 2008
	Review of staff ill-health announced 26 October 2007
	Changes to NHS pension scheme in Scotland 26 October 2007
	NHS compensation claims to be re-examined 19 October 2007
	Advice to check pension details 12 October 2007
	Doctors to keep final salary pensions 28 September 2007
	New pension scheme arrangements agreed by Department of Health 21 September 2007
	Making redesign reality 15 April 2007
	Employers may have to pay up for missed pension contributions 13 April 2007
	Kay east to retire 15 January 2007
	Redundancy proposals debate 30 October 2006
	Pension scheme consultation 9 October 2006
	Views are sought on redundancy changes 9 October 2006
	Pension scheme proposals 25 September 2006
	Proposed changes to NHS pension scheme 13 September 2006
	Pension rate could rise 13 September 2006
	Sickness absence review 19 June 2006
	Pension Liability Goes Up 1 April 2006
	Pension security report 1 April 2006
	Compensation deal 1 February 2006
	Compensation review 1 December 2005
	Pension scheme gets thumbs 1 November 2005
	Pension fears 1 November 2005
	RCN campaigns to cut retirement age 1 October 2005
	Pension turnaround welcomed 1 September 2005
	Anger over pension change 1 July 2005
	Pensions briefing NHS 1 July 2005
	VSO doctors get NHS help 1 June 2005
	Work/life balance advice for managers and midwives 1 April 2005
	Retirement age rise 1 April 2005
	Retirement age rebuff 1 April 2005
	Unison election 1 April 2005
	Pension campaign 1 April 2005
	Age discrimination award 1 March 2005
	Doctors fight pension reform 1 March 2005
	Pension reform plans meet resistance 1 March 2005
	Consultation launched on pension scheme 1 February 2005
	Pension review slated 1 February 2005

Revalidation

	Revalidation proposals now under consideration 16 July 2010
	Online network provides revalidation support and guidance 16 October 2009

Special paid leave

Unison members call on employers to show leniency to workers stranded by volcano ash
23 April 2010

Staff satisfaction

	How to identify and develop the skills and talents of your staff 7 July 2008
	Why employers can’t afford to leave staff satisfaction to chance 15 April 2007

Unsocial hours

	Shift patterns need to improve 7 June 2010
	Study shows doctors taking on responsibility for up to 400 patients at night 23 April 2010
	RCN intervenes in dispute over evening and night working 22 February 2010
	Guidance coming for PCTs on doctors' knowledge of English 8 February 2010
	GPs call for review of out of hours care 28 August 2009
	New working pattern introduced for physiotherapists 5 June 2009
	Seven in ten GP practices now offer extended opening 16 January 2009
	RCN to consult members on unsocial hours 7 August 2008
	Extended opening hours success 20 June 2008
	Unions agree to unsocial hours proposals 22 February 2008
	Pioneering doctors set up supermarket surgery 22 February 2008
	Consultations on unsocial hours payments launched 25 January 2008
	Further delay to unsocial hours pay deal 28 September 2007
	Shift work leads to high staff turnover 6 July 2007
	40% of junior doctors overtired 6 July 2007
	Better leadership needed to get Hospital at Night working in more trusts 15 April 2007
	How to design your own junior doctors’ rota 15 April 2007
	Draft proposals launched on unsocial hours 26 March 2007
	Junior doctors’ tiredness remains a problem 23 March 2007
	Hospital at Night model needs more support 2 March 2007
	Cutting post shift accidents 4 December 2006
	A guide to the principles of night shift rota design 3 December 2006
	Out-of-hours service cost 19 June 2006
	Unsocial hours delay 1 May 2006

Wellbeing

	New service will help NHS reach employee Health and Wellbeing targets 8 March 2010
	Welsh employers should have legal duty to employ enough staff 23 November 2007

Working conditions

	On-call arrangements consultation launched 23 July 2010
	Midwives’ travel and admin takes up two days a week 9 July 2010
	Obstetrics trainees highlight training impact of EWTD 2 July 2010
	Trade unions can help introduce workplace change 21 June 2010
	Physiotherapists can help keep people fit for work 21 June 2010
	Employers urged not to cut consultants’ time for SPAs 11 June 2010
	Pay for ash-related leave may be limited in Scotland 11 June 2010
	New fuel rates for company and lease cars 7 June 2010
	Nurses with heavy workloads may suffer depression 7 June 2010
	Working overtime increases heart risk, research shows 24 May 2010
	RCN calls for guaranteed safe staffing levels amid fears of cuts 17 May 2010
	Study shows doctors taking on responsibility for up to 400 patients at night 23 April 2010
	Leaked report suggests wide-ranging pay reform for doctors 8 February 2010
	RCN in Wales continues its campaign for safer staffing levels 8 February 2010
	Nurses should make ‘reasonable efforts’ to get to work in the big freeze 11 January 2010
	Scottish board wants to create green spaces to improve health and wellbeing 4 December 2009
	Midwifery units still understaffed, says Royal College of Midwives 27 November 2009
	Taking care of staff could save up to £555 million, says Boorman review 27 November 2009
	Unite calls for staff ballot on the creation of social enterprises 2 November 2009
	Annual health check demonstrates link between staff engagement and performance 16 October 2009
	RCN calls for guaranteed safe staffing levels as workload pressures soar 16 October 2009
	Study shows staff sickness levels linked to cutbacks 7 September 2009
	Mileage overspend costing the NHS millions 28 August 2009
	HPMA president calls for debate on CEO sackings 27 July 2009
	Worldwide problems revealed with nursing workloads 21 July 2009
	New improved working lives framework to be launched 21 July 2009
	New working pattern introduced for physiotherapists 5 June 2009
	NHS named a top employer by charity 29 May 2009
	BMA sets out plans to tackle EWTD training challenge 27 April 2009
	Risks to pregnant women at work are small 9 February 2009
	If you can’t meet the deadline… 9 February 2009
	Lead reviewer announced for NHS workforce health and wellbeing review 6 February 2009
	Staff survey in Scotland is critical of managers 30 January 2009
	Unions set to call for a cut in hours for NHS staff 30 January 2009
	RCN offers free events to tackle the issues of an ageing workforce 16 January 2009
	Decrease in midwifery supervisor volunteers 12 December 2008
	Royal Colleges call for action on EWTD 21 November 2008
	Midwives struggling with increased workload 31 October 2008
	Unite submits separate evidence to the Pay Review Body 31 October 2008
	Speech and language therapists are stressed and demoralised, says union 27 October 2008
	Agency workers to get same rights as permanent staff 27 October 2008
	What matters to staff in the NHS 20 June 2008
	Doctors must apply for ID card updates 13 June 2008
	Welsh government appoints trust chair to tackle violence against staff 23 May 2008
	Medical academia must banish ‘macho’ culture 2 May 2008
	Trusts must plan better for 48-hour week 25 April 2008
	Employers should cut nurses’ paperwork, says RCN 25 April 2008
	Employers need to take early action to avoid staff developing depression 18 April 2008
	Unison says figures on nurse violence are totally unacceptable 25 March 2008
	Staffing on maternity units often inadequate, says King’s Fund report 7 March 2008
	Employers called to focus on work health balance 22 February 2008
	Violence and aggression on mental health units must be tackled 15 February 2008
	BMA launches poll on extending GPs’ hours 15 February 2008
	Pressure builds for more rights for agency workers 8 February 2008
	Consultations on unsocial hours payments launched 25 January 2008
	Learning at work day announced 11 January 2008
	Salaried dentists to get appraisal and job planning systems 9 December 2007
	Introducing new working patterns for physiotherapists 29 November 2007
	Drop in number of physical attacks on staff 16 November 2007
	Review of staff ill-health announced 26 October 2007
	£97 million boost to tackle violence against NHS staff 28 September 2007
	Changing face of primary care 3 August 2007
	Report urges Government to involve clinicians in NHS reforms 6 July 2007
	40% of junior doctors overtired 6 July 2007
	Why employers can’t afford to leave staff satisfaction to chance 15 April 2007
	Better leadership needed to get Hospital at Night working in more trusts 15 April 2007
	Doctors outside the new contracts must play a waiting game 26 March 2007
	Job rotation and work based learning 26 October 2006