MEDIA CENTRE Wed 21 Mar 2018
MiP welcomes the three-year draft pay framework for NHS Agenda for Change staff in England, signed off by the NHS Staff Council today, and the Government’s commitment to fund the deal over and above existing NHS budgets.
Commenting on today’s announcement, MiP chief executive Jon Restell said:
“This offer finally ends the damaging 1% cap on pay rises and gives higher salaries to all NHS staff on Agenda for Change, including most MiP members."
MiP BLOG Fri 22 Dec 2017
Following the union’s successful Summit in October, MiP wants to challenge the denigration of NHS management and forge a hopeful and compelling story that shows the true value of what managers do. Craig Ryan looks at the work ahead.
At MiP’s Summit in October, a group of MiP members got together to talk about developing a more positive and hopeful story about NHS management. It was a difficult but revealing discussion. MiP chief executive Jon Restell says the managers in the room had no illusions about how they were seen: “People realised that they are seen as bullies or just in it for the money or on the take – even corrupt in some senses; that people think they are interfering, controlling and taking clinical decisions.”
MiP BLOG Thu 21 Dec 2017
MiP and UNISON are supporting trials of Hospify, a new secure messaging app for NHS staff which avoids falling foul of data protection and patient confidentiality rules. James Flint explains why you should give it a try.
If you’ve been working in a West Midlands hospital in the last couple of months and have happened across a Unison stand, you may have noticed something unusual – a second stand, positioned next to it, displaying information about the trial of a smartphone app called Hospify.
MiP BLOG Mon 04 Dec 2017
Dean Royles, director of HR and organisational development at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, calls for a more streamlined system to run the NHS in England.
Our efforts to make fundamental and lasting improvements are being hampered by a very confused organisational landscape at national level in England, where six statutory bodies are sending out conflicting messages and competing over policy territory. They can seem more focused on defining and protecting their roles than on supporting health providers to deliver good services.
MEDIA CENTRE Wed 22 Nov 2017
Responding to today's budget announcments on funding for the NHS and social care, MiP chief executive Jon Restell said:
"The Chancellor is failing to fund the health and care needs of our citizens. The extra money in today’s budget for the day-to-day running of the NHS falls well short of expert recommendations. And there’s nothing at all to relieve the crisis in social care."
NEWS Tue 21 Nov 2017
Nominations open tomorrow for four by-elections to the National Committee, MiP's main policy making body.
The National Committee formulates MiP policies on healthcare, the NHS and workplace relations – including negotiations, and the representation, recruitment and organisation of MiP members. Committee members are ambassadors of MiP, representing the union on public platforms and talking up issues that matter to you, upholding MiP’s values and maintaining our political neutrality.
MEDIA CENTRE Wed 08 Nov 2017
MiP responds to today's speech by Simon Stevens and reports from several influential healthcare bodies on NHS funding.
“Our members are local managers in the NHS. They know the impact underfunding is having on care. They know the freeze on investment in pay, our workforce and infrastructure can't go on. They know that there are few short term efficiencies left to achieve and that transforming services requires investment and time. They know the only answer is extra funding.”
NEWS Thu 02 Nov 2017
Matt Foster reports from MiP's 2017 members summit on 31 October.
The “tide of consensus” on NHS pay is turning after years of austerity, attendees at MIP’s 2017 Members’ Summit were told, as Unison’s Sara Gorton set out how trade unions are pushing for lasting change at a time of political turmoil.