title: Staff in the south west are on the pay front line.
abstract: The group of trusts in south west England that is seeking to go its own way on pay lost one of its members last week. To the delight of staff, the board of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Dorset decided to remain with the hundreds of other NHS employers that are happy for terms and conditions to be set nationally rather than by local cabals.