An immediate start to nurse pay negotiations must be a priority for any incoming government after the general election, the Royal College of Nurses has stated.
The new mental health and neurodevelopmental resource groups (MHNRGs) replace the former cluster-based currency and provide a patient segmentation tool for providers and systems.
NHS bodies need to make 6% efficiency savings on average in 2024/25 to breakeven, with some local services facing efficiency targets of up to 11%, according to a survey by the NHS Confederation.
NHS England has published an updated 2024-27 NHS education funding agreement template following a consultation that ended in March.
Public sector funding may still need to rise even with improved public sector productivity, if wage costs grow more quickly than productivity.
A new public sector pay policy for 2024/25 sets out the framework for pay increases for the Scottish government and 71 public bodies including non-departmental public bodies, public corporations and agencies.
Junior doctors in England have announced plans to strike on five days in the run up to the general election – from 7am on 27 June to 7am on 2 July.
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called on the government to ‘urgently reform’ the funding framework for community pharmacy.
The Department of Health’s budget allocation for 2024/25 represents a 2.3% reduction in funding compared to expenditure in 2023/24.
National theatre scheduling software is being rolled out in NHS boards across Scotland over the next year.