Clinical support workers set to strike for the first time in NHS history
Over 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take strike action tomorrow.
The strike will take place from 7am on Thursday 31 August through to 6:59am on Saturday 2 September after an overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot.
Clinical support workers (CSW) are some of the lowest paid workers in the NHS. As roles have evolved and hospitals have struggled with staffing, they have taken on more clinical responsibilities without the pay and recognition to match.
The clinical support workers are employed at band two but regu...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 30, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News health pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Rural Emergency Hospital and Physician-Owned Hospital Requirements; and Provider and Supplier Disclosure of Ownership; and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments: Counting Certain Days Associated With Section 1115 Demonstrations in the Medicaid Fraction
Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) revising the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2024. This rule also makes changes related to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and payment policies and the annual payment rates for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. This rule also includes updates to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. These regulations are effective October 1, 2023. (Source: Federal Register...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 28, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Share your solidarity with Wirral clinical support workers on strike
Healthcare support workers in UNISON are fighting for the respect, recognition and reward they deserve – and they’re prepared to take strike action to get what they’re rightfully owed.
Over 400 clinical support workers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take 48 hours of strike action from 7am on Thursday 31 August.
They’re joining together to get their employer to pay them appropriately for the Band 3 clinical work they routinely do, and to put right the years they’ve been underpaid by awarding backpay to 1 April 2018 as an absolute minimum.
This is a key moment ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - August 24, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Lucy Shaddock Tags: Article pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
NHS staff at Merseyside hospitals announce 48-hour strike after years of being underpaid
Over 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) will take strike action this month in a dispute over pay, says UNISON today (Thursday).
The strike will take place at 7am on Thursday 31 August through to 6:59am on Saturday 2 September after an overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot.
Clinical support workers (CSWs) assist nursing staff in delivering care on the wards. They’re employed across the trust’s sites at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral.
UNISON says these employees should be pa...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 17, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Lucy Shaddock Tags: News Press release clinical support workers pay fair for patient care strike Source Type: news
Revealed: Trust alerts police over clinician who ‘worked on forged qualifications’
A major teaching hospital has alerted the police after it discovered an advanced clinical practitioner who worked for the trust for several years and likely saw thousands of patients was doing so on forged professional qualifications, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 17, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Uburu Health Links UNTH, LUTH, Stanford in Skin Disease Diagnosing A.I for Africans Globally
[Premium Times] The collaboration amongst the three institutions would see the utilization of existing classified skin lesion datasets, first from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in validating and training an A.I model. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
NHS staff at Merseyside hospitals vote to strike after years of being underpaid
More than 400 health staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have voted for strike action over pay, says UNISON today (Friday).
An overwhelming majority (99%) of clinical support workers voted to strike in a recent UNISON ballot. Industrial action is now imminent unless the trust makes an improved offer to staff, says the union.
Clinical support workers (CSWs) deliver essential care alongside nursing staff on the wards. They’re employed across the trust’s sites at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral.
UNISON says these employees should be paid at least £...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release clinical support workers nhs strikes rebanding Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes, etc.
Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) revising the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2024. This rule also makes changes related to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and payment policies and the annual payment rates for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. This rule also includes updates to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. These regulations are effective October 1, 2023. (Source: Federal Register...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 2, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
California Northstate University files for building permits for Natomas medical center
California Northstate University is taking steps to start construction on a teaching hospital campus in Natomas. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ben van der Meer Source Type: news
Psychosocial factors behind deliberate self-poisoning in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study - Bhattacharjee B, Roy S, Alam MMJ, Royle RKS, Paul S, Islam MS, Bari MS, Chowdhury FR.
INTRODUCTION: Deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) is an important cause of hospital admissions and subsequent mortality. We conducted a cross-sectional observational study in a tertiary-level teaching hospital situated in the northeastern part of Bangladesh to... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Barriers to identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect experienced by medical officers and nursing staff in emergency departments of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District - Soh HT, Bhurawala H, Poulton A, Liu A, Cush K, Griffiths G, Gandham S.
OBJECTIVE: This structured survey sought to identify barriers to recognising and reporting potential child abuse by medical officers and nursing staff in the EDs of three Western Sydney hospitals. These include a large metropolitan teaching hospital, a sma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Gambia: EFSTH Marks Sickle Cell Day
[The Point] Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in partnership with the Ministry of Health recently joined the rest of the globe to mark World Sickle Cell Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Sudan: Over 1,100 Patients in Five Weeks Mark Level of Suffering in Khartoum
[MSF] Today marks two months since heavy fighting broke out in Khartoum and rapidly spread to other areas of Sudan. A surgical team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) working in Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum is seeing the suffering caused by the conflict every day. In five weeks, the team has received over 1,150 patients in the emergency room, 906 of whom have suffered violent trauma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 16, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
Teaching hospital CEO leaving to take NHSE role
The chief executive of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust is leaving the provider to take on a senior role at NHS England. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - June 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Police examining ‘medical malpractice’ at teaching hospital
Police are looking into a number of patient deaths at a leading tertiary centre, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - June 9, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
