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The Mirror reports that around 1,500 NHS workers may have pay cut or frozen for not attending appraisals or training, even if it’s not their fault. The RCN is quoted in the article saying: “It’s fundamentally wrong to penalise staff for management failings.” The report also mentions Central Manchester Hospitals Foundation Trust’s attempt to stop pay rises for workers who had been off sick, which was defeated by the RCN at a tribunal.
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The Sun reports that a new group, backed by the RCN, is hoping to overhaul the recruitment of students.
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The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt focussed on care for the elderly in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday. Mr Hunt praised NHS staff including “many committed managers in hospitals and care homes” but warned managers that they would be held responsible for failings in care.
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The Care Quality Commission has begun an inspection into breast cancer screening, pathology and clinical governance at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The inspection comes as 79 women are being recalled relating to test results from breast tissue biopsies. Monitor has also announced that it is taking regulatory action to ensure that the Trust has strong leadership.
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Wards in a fifth of NHS hospitals face cuts Saturday’s Daily Telegraph reports that emergency departments, maternity wards, paediatric units and other services are under threat at up to a fifth of NHS hospitals in England. One in 10 accident and emergency departments has either closed recently or could shut in the near future, while a similar proportion of maternity wards are at risk. Dr Peter Carter is quoted as saying: “The RCN would support reconfiguration providing the plans did not represent a "short-term, ill thought-out closure to save money".
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