subject: Nursing Personnel- NHS resignation scheme approved [print this page] Ministers are approving a national registration scheme, which will lead to the loss of NHS jobs, it has been revealed.
Throughout the UK, NHS trusts have been writing to staff offering them a lump sum pay-off under a "mutually agreed resignation scheme."
The new NHS resignation scheme is devised to allow managers to create vacancies they believe either does not need to be replaced, or that can be filled by redeployment from jobs that they do not need to be replaced.
Through the introduction of the NHS resignation scheme, it is believed that compulsory redundancies could be prevented as the NHS tries to save billions of pounds as it moves forward in implementing the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs) under the Government's white paper.
NHS East of England chief executive, Sir Neil McKay has overseen the scheme to ensure that there is no inconsistencies across NHS trust nationally.
In a letter to NHS Managers, Sir Neil McKay, said, "I am aware that a number of NHS organisations have agreed mutually agreed resignation schemes (MARS) to help with management cost reductions. Although such schemes are not currently related to any impact of the white paper, I want to ensure we are joined up as possible. We are therefore working with the NHS trade unions and NHS Employers to create a national scheme that would supersede any local arrangements (other than those developed by foundation trusts)".
According to the Health Service Journal, the NHS deal will allow managers to receive up to a year's pay if they volunteer to leave the service. This would equate to 97,478 for the highest paid manager under the Agenda for Change contract or 137,500 for the average PCT chief executive.
With the introduction of a new NHS resignation scheme along with the government's white paper on NHS reform, the need to employ professional personnel is likely to increase. At Nursing Personnel, all of our nurses are compliant checked under the Nursing and Midwifery Council system.
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