A round-up of recent appointments in NHS finance
Karl Simkins called time on an almost 39-year career in NHS finance at the end of January.
The government has committed to a £35m investment to improve maternity safety across England over the next three years.
The Nuffield Trust has called on the next UK government to be bolder in filling the gaps in NHS staffing levels.
Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government have resulted in an improved pay offer for consultants.
After turning down a pay deal in January by the narrowest of margins, NHS consultants in England have been offered new terms.
Pay disputes continued to throw uncertainty over the NHS over the course of the past week
The Department of Health and Social Care has called for pay to be ‘fair but affordable’ in evidence to pay review bodies, but not set a figure.
The government denied that it has cancelled plans to double the number of doctors being trained in England by 2031.
The NHS has released figures that show the impact of the recent bouts of industrial action taken by junior doctors.