All articles by Annabelle Collins – Page 30
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust appoints chief executive after lengthy search
York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive after an extended search.
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HSJ LocalChildren at risk of harm at general hospital, warns CQC
Children being cared for at a district general hospital’s emergency department are at risk of harm, the Care Quality Commission has found, shortly after raising similar concerns late last year.
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NewsPaediatric shortages pose ‘significant risk’ to children, college warns
Unfilled paediatric training posts pose a “significant risk” to children, young people, and their families, a royal college has warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Child health and the workforce
Staffing is the issue most often keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to both the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and ...
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NewsLast trust moves to Agenda for Change contract
The last trust in England outside the national pay agreement will move over to the Agenda for Change contract, it has been announced.
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NewsOfficials drawing up new workforce funding asks
Officials will identify “further opportunities” for easing the NHS’s workforce shortages which require additional government funding, in time to set out the asks in the spring, according to a document seen by HSJ.
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NewsJust one trust has 50pc BME board share
Only one trust has as many black and minority ethnic board members as white, and 96 trusts say they have no BME board directors at all, new data has revealed.
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NewsCCGs reveal large backlogs of death reviews
NHS England has been urged to dramatically increase its funding for reviews of learning disability deaths, as clinical commissioning groups have revealed large backlogs with their investigations
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NewsRegulators hire two chief execs to top national roles
Two NHS chief executives have taken up national director roles at NHS Improvement and NHS England, it has been announced.
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News'Extremely slow' progress on consultants' contract talks
The progress of the consultants’ contract negotiations “remains extremely slow” and has not moved on since last year, a doctors’ trade union has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: It’s the workforce, stupid
Staffing is the issue most often keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to both the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and ...
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NewsTreasury should review pension scheme - NHS Employers
High earners leaving the NHS pension scheme because of changes to tax allowances could affect its “ongoing sustainability”, NHS Employers has warned.
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NewsJunior doctors suffering 'Stockholm syndrome'
Junior doctors have learnt to live in an “unhealthy culture” with “a significant amount of Stockholm syndrome”, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Tens of thousands of junior doctors working beyond contract
Junior doctors have worked beyond their contracted terms and conditions more than 63,000 times since 2015, resulting in fines worth more than £250,000, HSJ can reveal today.
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NewsNHS needs 'more nuanced approach' to immigration
The government’s immigration white paper does not provide a long-term solution to the NHS’ workforce needs, NHS Employers has warned.
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NewsNHS to incentivise more doctors to become generalists
Doctors will be provided with new incentives to take on more generalist roles and shift dominance away from “highly specialised” ones, according to the long-term plan for the NHS.
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NewsTrusts and CCGs to pick Brexit leads as NHS steps up ‘no deal’ prep
All NHS organisations must nominate a senior responsible officer for Brexit preparation as soon as possible, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.
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HSJ LocalChildren at risk of harm at Lincolnshire hospital, finds CQC
Children have been put at risk of harm in the emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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NewsNHS will still be short of nurses in five years, Dalton warns
It will be more than five years before the number of nurses the NHS needs are available to it, the chief executive of NHS Improvement has warned senior NHS leaders.
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CQC introducing changes to 'well led' inspections
The Care Quality Commission has introduced interviews with each trust’s guardian of safe working hours and a representative from the junior doctors’ forum as part of its annual well-led inspection.