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Mark
> HSJ has been told that trusts were offered cash to
> encourage consultants =
> to delay retirement until just after the head-count
> on 31 March, or to bring
> forward new appointments so they could be counted.
>
> In January, SHA workforce leads in areas struggling
> to meet local consultant
> targets were dispatched to offer cash
> incentives to acute human resources
> directors to bring forward appointments and delay
> retirements.
>
> One trust HR director told HSJ his trust received
> £64,000 for bringing four consultant appointments
> forward to March, after it agreed to an offer from
> its SHA.
> Claire Grout, business manager for Manchester
> medical workforce expansion
> programme, said financial incentives were offered to
> trusts to delay retirement and bring forward new
> appointments.
>
> She said part of the £32m was used to pay for extra
> sessions for salaries for consultant who had just
> retired or were considering retirement.
> The WDC paid for the first three months salary of
> new consultant appointments that were brought
> forward.
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