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HCSA launches new 999 advice number

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13 Aug 2020

HCSA has today launched a new ‘999’ member hotline to deal with significant upsurge in queries stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more ››

Comment: 'It would be folly for government to ignore the warning signs on pay'

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27 Jul 2020

The long-term impact of pay decline is at last being acknowledged - but not yet by government, writes HCSA President Dr Claudia Paoloni. Read more ››

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 ››