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Government pay policy shows it is 'in denial' about scale of NHS staffing crisis, warn hospital doctors

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21 Jul 2020

HCSA has warned that the government is in a state of denial over the scale of the NHS staffing crisis in England after ministers unveiled a pay award which left low-wage junior doctors as the biggest losers. Read more ››

Pay award leaves junior doctors £850 worse off in damaging blow

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21 Jul 2020

HCSA - the hospital doctors’ union has warned that a generation of England’s junior doctors are being left behind on pay despite working tens of thousands of extra hours to deliver the Covid-19 response. Read more ››

HCSA President: Extraordinary Covid-19 efforts will have a lasting impact on staff

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29 Jun 2020

HCSA President Dr Claudia Paoloni explains why the unprecedented health service response to Covid-19 will mean we need to care for NHS carers now and for many years to come. Read more ››

HCSA releases new paper - Covid-19 Learning from the first wave

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29 Jun 2020

HCSA – the hospital doctors’ union has warned that the impact of the Covid-19 response on NHS staff could become the “greatest challenge of all” for the health service in months to come. Read more ››

Vacancy - Communications Assistant (P/T fixed term)

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16 Jun 2020

HCSA - the hospital doctors' union is seeking to recruit a Communications Assistant on a short-term contract to assist our established Communications and Policy team with its Covid-19 response. Read more ››

Pensions: From forgotten Budget to post-Covid realities

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05 Jun 2020

Pensions lead Dr Sarah Tennant surveys developments since an important Budget in March whose content was rapidly overshadowed by Covid-19. Read more ››