All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 19
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HSJ Partners
10 ideas to reduce hospital waiting lists and minimise staff burn out using human-first design
Sid Singh and Alex Barclay discuss the critical challenges at hand, and show how a rapid approach to innovation involving a multidisciplinary team can lead to high-quality solutions
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HSJ Interactive
Caring for staff: how the NHS can improve workforce wellbeing
The pandemic has brought employees’ mental and physical health into sharp focus. An HSJ webinar, supported by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, asked what organisations are doing – and can do – to address the needs of staff. Alison Moore reports
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News
Trusts refer more minority ethnic doctors to regulator
Doctors from minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be referred to the medical regulator by their trust than others, according to a new NHS England report.
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News
Trusts must not ‘compel’ isolating staff to return to work, says NHSE
NHS employers must not ‘compel’ self-isolating staff to return to work, NHS England has warned, after the government issued new guidelines for health and social care workers.
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News
Trust bids for settlement in landmark NHS employment case
A high-profile employment case has been postponed as the trust and staff members involved try to reach a settlement.
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News
Talk to patients about end of life care and save £500m, NHS told
The NHS could save more than £500m a year if patients and clinicians had better quality conversations about care plans, a major review has found.
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HSJ Partners
Why flexible working might just help solve the NHS staff retention problem
Offering flexibility to NHS patient-facing staff, through more options for remote working, can and will, help solve NHS staff retention issues in a post pandemic healthcare system, writes Visiba Care’s Tina Marshall
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News
Staff able to request flexible working from first day under new deal
A new deal is being agreed between unions and NHS employers to make it easier for staff to request flexible working arrangements, including enabling workers to request flexible working from their first day.
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HSJ Local
Inspectors heavily criticise trust leaders after being ‘shouted at by staff’
A maternity unit has been heavily criticised by regulators after they were told of ‘multiple allegations of bullying’ and staff being afraid to raise concerns.
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HSJ Partners
Globus Group reveals pivotal PPE breakthrough during pandemic
Globus and its products are meeting the needs of the NHS workforce by designing an innovative new range of face masks specifically for the NHS that offers a better fit and higher levels of protection for staff
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HSJ Interactive
The NHS workforce in a new world
A panel of experts explored the challenges and opportunities of virtual care, new organisations and, most importantly, focusing on staff wellbeing. Alison Moore reports
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News
Trust racially discriminated against staff member who was refused specialist training
A trust racially discriminated against a biomedical scientist by refusing to allow him to undertake training, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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HSJ Partners
Medical e-rostering: shifting towards a more inclusive, compassionate and flexible rota for the NHS
An e-rostering service that vouches for clinicians’ wellbeing. By Dr Nicholas Andreou
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News
Regulator warns trust over serious safety concerns
Regulators ordered a trust to take immediate action after it found junior doctors were seeing acute inpatients alone, the year after a psychiatric patient stabbed a doctor at one of the provider’s hospitals.
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Comment
Mental health staff are feeling the strain of the pandemic too
Mental healthcare staff reported moral injury besides widespread changes in the nature of their work during the pandemic. By Peter B. Jones and Natalie Richards
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Workforce matters
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Comment
‘Working with Stonewall is no longer compatible with NHS values’
Former NHS trust chief executive Kate Grimes shares her three-fold concerns over Stonewall. Editor’s note: the number of comments this article has attracted underlines how sensitive the issues discussed below are. HSJ would like to make it clear that the opinions expressed in this piece do not represent HSJ’s view ...
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News
Hancock: ‘no evidence that a shortage of PPE led to anybody dying of covid’
The official estimate of the number of health and social care staff to have died from coronavirus during the pandemic now stands at around 1,500, Matt Hancock told a Parliamentary committee today.
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News
The Ward Round: The report the government must not ignore
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.