The chancellor has admitted it will not be “easy” for businesses to “absorb” the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions that was announced in the budget. Rachel Reeves also acknowledged that the change – which will see employers’ contributions rise to 15% from April 2025 – would also hit charities and local councils. Speaking at…
The National Healthcare Group has upgraded its human resource system with a cloud-powered platform that drives staff mobility and data-driven decision-making. WHAT IT’S ABOUT Through the iConnect@NHG project, the health cluster underwent a modernisation of its HR system to cater to the evolving needs of its 20,000 staff who care for 1.5 million people across central and…
The National Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday suspended Bajrang Punia for four years for his refusal to provide his sample for dope test on March 10 during selection trials for the national team. NADA had first suspended the Tokyo Games bronze medallist wrestler on April 23 for the offence following which, the World Governing…
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Seoul, South Korea has been recently validated for Stage 6 of the classic HIMSS Analytics Maturity Assessment Model. AMAM measures an organisation’s capabilities and advances in healthcare analytics. A new, modernised version of this model – dubbed AMAM24 – was launched at the recently concluded HIMSS24 APAC conference. WHY…
The Ministry of Health Singapore has announced that all nine private hospitals in the country have committed to sharing patient health information with the National Electronic Health Record system. They will be working with Synapxe, which manages the NEHR, to get their hospital management systems prepared for integration by next year, according to a media statement. …
The UK’s public sector debt has hit 100% of the value of the country’s annual economic output for the first time since the 1960s, according to official figures released ahead of the chancellor’s maiden budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, in a preliminary estimate, that the figure had risen from the 99.3% figure…
German politicians and trade unionists advocated for preserving Germany’s steel industry and converting it to become climate-neutral at a National Steel Summit held in the western city of Duisburg on Monday. “Green steel made in Germany is our drive,” said Economy Minister Robert Habeck, noting that Germany and the EU are global leaders when it…
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government on Thursday declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori and granted him a state funeral despite his convictions for human rights abuses and corruption. Fujimori, who governed the South American country with an increasingly authoritarian hand between 1990 and 2000, died of…
The gap between how much money the state takes in and its spending will triple in the next 50 years, according to independent forecasters. Public debt will rise due to an ageing and ill population as well as climate change, the fiscal watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said. The ratio between debt…
