Appointments & departures
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Feature: You’re hired! Are apprentices the answer to the NHS’s workforce worries?
The government wants to attract thousands more staff into the NHS through apprenticeships. But uncertainty over…
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Voluntary redundancy: golden goodbye or exit to nowhere?
With the relentless upheaval in the NHS, voluntary redundancy may seem like a chance to get…
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Tipster: How to manage overseas staff
Workers from overseas have been part of the health and care family since the NHS began.…
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Legal Eye: How to check your employment contract: part two
In the first part of our guide, we explained why your contract of employment matters. In…
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Legal Eye: How to check your employment contract: part one
In the first of a two-part guide, employment lawyer Jo Seery explains the key principles behind…
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Feature: Probation – the hidden threat to your career?
A probation period in a new job is usually seen as a formality. But if things…
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News: MiP calls for open competition for Stevens’s successor
MiP responds to today’s announcement that Simon Stevens is stepping down as chief executive of NHS…
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Black Lives Still Matter: Prince’s story
Black Lives Still Matter: Prince Obike, transformation programme manager, NHS South West London CCG. Interview by…
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Tipster: When can you afford to retire?
Dale Walmsley, who lead the popular session on pension planning at the 2019 MiP Members’ Summit,…
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Feature: Dismissals – the get out clause
We speak to two MiP national officers about how threats of dismissal for unspecified “substantial” reasons…
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MiP at Work: Unfair redundancy cap discriminates against managers
Our members’ survey found widespread fear and confusion about plans to restrict exit payments for NHS…
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Legal Eye: Keeping mum – how gagging clauses work
We explain the legal position behind so-called ‘gagging’ clauses which are now a common feature of…
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Casework: Redundancy – finding the right way out
When redundancies loom, everyone’s situation is different. One MiP member tells us about how the union…
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Casework: Don’t miss out on redundancy pay – it’s your right
One senior NHS manager talks about how expert support from MiP finally secured the redundancy settlement…
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Legal Eye: Protected conversations
With more and more people leaving the NHS under settlement agreements, managers need to know what…
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Analysis & opinion: What’s happening to redundancy payments in the NHS?
New Treasury proposals could cut NHS redundancy payments by thousands of pounds, but unions are pressing…
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The Sharp End: Stepping down but staying on
The NHS’s redeployment policies are hugely wasteful of both management talent and public money, argues one…
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Casework: Getting your redundancy sorted
Two senior managers talk about their exhausting battle to secure redundancy rights and how MiP helped…