UK Health Secretary, John Reid announces launch of employers' organisation
This is a further example of the Department of Health devolving power away from Whitehall. It will be run by the NHS Confederation and its main responsibilities will be to draw together NHS employers' views on how to implement NHS employment policy. It will also support the implementation and delivery of Agenda for Change and the new GP and consultants' contracts.
John Reid said:
"I am pleased to formally announce today that our plans to establish a new employers' organisation under the umbrella of the NHS Confederation are coming to fruition and the new organisation will be in place in October.
"The Department of Health has been working in partnership with the NHS Confederation for some time on national pay mechanisms and other areas, such as NHS pension modernisation. The successful conclusion to the GMS contract negotiations has convinced me that the Confederation will make excellent hosts for the new employers' organisation.
"The employers organisation will provide an authoritative voice for NHS employers. Within the context of Government policy and resources, it will have responsibility for conducting national negotiations on pay and conditions without interference from Whitehall. It will represent employers' views and support them through guidance, advice, information and research. It also has a key role in promoting the NHS as an employer."
Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation Gill Morgan said:
"We are delighted to have reached agreement with the Department of Health for the NHS Confederation to take on the responsibilities of an employers' organisation for the NHS.
"The new employers' organisation will be a powerful voice for NHS employers, giving them responsibility and ownership of the employment agenda for the first time and increasing their influence with government. It will link the needs of employers, staff and patients to drive improvement."
The new organisation will be the authoritative voice for the NHS on employment and human resources issues and some staff from the Department's Human Resources Directorate will transfer to the new organisation. It will come into existence on October 1 this year.
Notes to editor
1. Approximately 50 posts will be transferred from the Department of Health to the Employers Organisation. The posts will cover national pay policy, disciplinary frameworks, recruitment campaigns and HR communications.
2. The NHS Confederation represents the organisations that make up the NHS. Our members include the majority of NHS trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; trusts and NHS boards in Scotland; and health and social services trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
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