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HCSA secures national negotiating rights for all hospital doctor grades

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04 Jan 2017

The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association is today delighted to announce that it has achieved national bargaining rights for all grades in England following confirmation from NHS Employers Chief Executive Danny Mortimer. Read more ››

HCSA wins recognition - a message to members

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04 Jan 2017

HCSA CEO and General Secretary Eddie Saville delivers a special message to members following news that it has won national negotiating rights in England. Read more ››

Invitation for delegates to TUC equalities conferences

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02 Dec 2016

As a TUC-affiliated professional association and trade union, HCSA has the right to send delegates to key annual national conferences. Nominations for the 2017 round of equalities events are now open to all members. Read more ››

Francis intervention on NHS management safety scrutiny welcomed

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10 Nov 2016

The Hospital Consultants & Specialists Association, the only TUC-affiliated professional association and union dedicated solely to post-foundation hospital doctors, has today welcomed Sir Robert Francis QC’s latest intervention on the issue of patient safety. Read more ››

HCSA warns NHS England on conflict of interest plans

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02 Nov 2016

HCSA has warned NHS England against plans to force Hospital Doctors to reveal private earnings in its submission to an NHSE consultation on Managing Conflicts of Interest in the NHS. Read more ››

Press statement: HCSA warns of risk to patient safety following GMC report

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27 Oct 2016

The Hospital Consultants & Specialists Association – the only professional association and trade union dedicated solely to hospital doctors – has warned today it is a matter of “when not if” patient safety suffers amid an ongoing squeeze on training time and rock-bottom… Read more ››