In July 2005, the public service Unison held its second annual conference for health care assistants (HCAs) within the National Health Service (NHS). Among the speakers were Patricia Hewitt, the secretary of state for health, and other senior NHS officials. Health care assistants are the fastest
A central element of the Labour Party government’s modernisation of the National Health Service (NHS) has been an expansion of the workforce to achieve high-profile commitments to improve the quality of public services. The achievement of these staffing targets has involved attracting more
On 29 October 2003, the Local Government Pay Commission (LGPC) published its report [1], which provides a wide-ranging analysis of pay, rewards and related employment relations issues in local government. This article reviews the background to the Commission’s establishment, its key recommendations
The Labour Party government has accepted in full the pay awards recommended by the independent pay review bodies (UK9702104F [1]) for more than 1 million public sector workers. From 1 April 2001, basic salaries for nurses, teachers, judges and senior members of the armed forces will increase by 3.7
The Labour government has announced details of the pay awards from 1 April 2000 for public sector workers covered by pay review bodies. The pay review bodies, which recommend pay awards for 1.3 million public sector workers - including teachers, nurses, doctors, judges, the armed forces and senior
In October 1999, the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) is 25 years old. At the time of its adoption in 1974, the HASAWA was hailed as a landmark piece of legislation that brought 8 million mainly public service workers within the scope of the law and stimulated greater interest in health and
On 1 February 1999, the government announced that it had accepted in full the recommendations of the five independent pay review bodies which recommend pay awards for 1.3 million public sector workers including teachers, nurses, doctors, judges, the armed forces and senior civil servants. The review