Paul Marinko

4 weeks ago | localgov.co.uk | Heather Jameson |Paul Marinko

Ministers are likely to reject plans for children’s or adult social care trusts that come as part of local government reorganisation (LGR), The MJ understands. Local Government minister Jim McMahon has already ruled out giving mayors responsibility for children's and adults services as part of plans to maintain economies of scale on care, while creating unitaries small enough to be local. Visit The MJ (£) to continue reading.

1 month ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Paul Marinko

The 37 phlebotomists are to walk out for nine more days after Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust failed to resolve a long-running dispute over their pay and grading. The next round of action will take place next week on 24-27 March, followed by five days the following week (31 March to 4 April), this comes after three days of strike action this week.

1 month ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Paul Marinko

Independent analysis, carried out by London Economics, found that forgiving nurses' student loans would retain more than 14,000 nurses working in the NHS over 10 years – enough to fill over half the current vacancies in England. A loan forgiveness scheme would see nurses have their loans ‘forgiven' by government in return for working in the NHS and wider public services for a period of time after the completion of their degree.

1 month ago | healthcare-management.uk | Paul Marinko |Liz Wells

An NHS insider has predicted the number of ICBs will be slashed in pending Government reforms. Speaking to delegates at The MJ Future Forum in Hertfordshire the deputy chair of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB, Sim Scavazza, said the number could be cut from 42 to around 26. The former Miss Selfridge managing director said the Government's plans to reform the health service and cut bureaucracy would lead to disruption in ICBs and threaten local initiatives.

1 month ago | themj.co.uk | Emma McGowan |Paul Marinko |James McHugh |Nick Raper

Following Angela Raynor's speech last month, it feels like every day someone is spotting something new or having a different take on something we thought we had figured out. There have been phone calls aplenty behind the scenes, picking apart the timelines and annexes of the correspondence that followed the launch of the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and devolution process. The sector's WhatsApp channels haven't stopped buzzing.