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info@commonwealthcontractors.comNHS Reform Plans Earlier in the week the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, announced plans for radical changes to the way the National Health Service works in a white paper titled ‘Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NHS’. If fully implemented the changes will see: All 10 Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) abolished All 152 Primary Care Trusts […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Key Figures from the Powerchex report: IT contractor employment offers increased by 320% from May to June Investment bank recruitment increased by 45% from May to June Total industry offers rose 52% for the month compared to the same period in 2009 Stockbroker offers were down 12% on the previous month Insurance offers were down […]
The introduction of the Immigration Cap will realise a pledge made by the Conservatives during the General Election campaign to cap the number of non EEA nationals coming to the UK each year. Prior to the General Election David Cameron (Prime Minister & leader of the Conservative Party), said that under a Conservative Government net […]
Nigel Watson, the GPC commissioning and service development subcommittee chair said that “The abolition of PCTs is something that they did not see coming. There is a real risk that in the transitional phase until 2013 all the good managers will go off and find other jobs. We need to work with the Department of […]
Harriet Harman, the temporary Labour Leader said to the Prime Minister \”The White Paper admits there will be extra cost because of loss of productivity, staff relocation and redundancies. Does he (David Cameron) stand by what he said just a few months ago about NHS reorganisation? He said the disruption is terrible, the demoralisation worse, […]
The news will be of no comfort to highly skilled IT Contractors who are presently enjoying the return of well paying contracts following the economic downturn. The recession caused many businesses to reassess their IT needs, with many deferring projects until a later date or cancelling them altogether. News of tougher times will undoubtedly prompt […]
In other parts of Europe Germany was the strongest performer with much of the rest of Europe, including Sweden & Belgium, remaining relatively stable. Many in the contracting community will be watching the hiring indicators closely in the months to come following warnings from the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) that the country may be […]
A senor member of the Office of Budget Responsibility, Geoffrey Dicks, told the Treasury select committee that spending cuts will hurt growth and increase the chances of a double-dip recession occurring. He said that the OBR had taken 0.5% off GDP and the near term outlook for GDP was not as good as it was […]
The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT), which is set for a large scale revamp following the announcement of radical changes to the NHS, managed to cost the taxpayer £1.06 Billion in the period. CSC, Fujitsu and Atos appear to have been the biggest beneficiaries from National Health Service IT spending, with CSC taking £232 […]
Peter Griffiths, the director of the National Nursing Research Unit, has said the onus is on the NHS to solve any shortages by training its own staff, rather than recruiting from abroad. Mr Griffiths recently told the Nursing Times that some areas, including theatre nurses, were experiencing shortages because they were no longer part of […]