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Both parties have agreed a preferred mediator - the union and the government will now begin the process of engaging with them

• Updated: 15 May 2024

New 10-year plan to expand and improve the drug and alcohol workforce published.

• Updated: 14 May 2024

A speech the Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins gave at The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma on Monday 13 May, 2024.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

The government has funded 350 additional medical school places in England for the academic year 2025 to 2026 in latest step to deliver NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

Consultant unions have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the government's offer, with BMA and HCSA voting yes by around 83%.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Those in frontline roles such as community nurses and physiotherapists will benefit, with organisations receiving funding for the payments in the coming months.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

The investment will be provided over the next 3 years to ensure maternity services listen to and act on women’s experiences.

• Updated: 10 March 2024

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, spoke at the Nuffield Trust Summit 2024 about the Budget and NHS productivity.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

The British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) will put the offer forward for a vote in the coming weeks.

• Updated: 5 March 2024

A call for evidence will collate feedback from across the health sector on the merits of a separate pay structure.

• Updated: 11 January 2024

The government outlined plans to improve the career prospects of the domestic care workforce through training, qualifications and a clearer, care career path.

• Updated: 10 January 2024

ACCIA is recruiting for volunteers to join its scoring panel for the 2024 national Clinical Impact Awards round.

• Updated: 29 December 2023

The government and the British Medical Association (BMA) have reached an agreement to put an offer to specialist, associate specialist and speciality doctors.

• Updated: 18 December 2023

The latest ACCIA annual report highlights some improved diversity and equality following 2022 reforms to the National Clinical Impact Awards.

• Updated: 11 December 2023

Government to lay legislation this week to begin process of regulating physician associates and anaesthesia associates through the General Medical Council (GMC).

• Updated: 11 December 2023

The UK Government were delighted to bring 8 NHS organisations to connect and share their expertise with other healthcare experts from across the region, and their cutting-edge solutions that are tackling some of the major ch…

• Updated: 1 December 2023

It marks the largest ever sustained growth in the NHS nursing workforce, with the expanded workforce delivering hundreds of thousands of extra appointments.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

More than 50 million additional general practice appointments made available after government fulfils its pledge months early.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

The offer will invest in modernising the consultants’ pay structure - reducing the number of pay points and the time it takes to reach the top.

• Updated: 27 November 2023

Eligible non-NHS organisations including charities and social enterprises can apply for funding to deliver one-off payments to staff, worth at least £1,655.

• Updated: 6 November 2023