All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 25
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NewsTwo in five NHS staff feel anxious, NHS England reports
Around 40 per cent of NHS staff reported feeling anxious during the recent coronavirus surge, but results were 10 percentage points worse for minority ethnic workers, according to NHS England’s surveys.
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CommentTackling stigma in the NHS is critical to easing the mental health impact of the pandemic
Stephanie Slater shares her personal insight on the stigma surrounding mental health and how vital it is to improve this culture for the staff in the NHS
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NewsCCG vows action over ‘unequal opportunity’ and ‘inappropriate behaviours’
A clinical commissioning group has vowed to take action after a report found a ‘robust perception’ of unequal opportunity among staff from minority ethnic backgrounds, and ‘inappropriate language and behaviours’ from some managers.
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HSJ PartnersHow NHS trusts are removing barriers to create ‘staffing safety nets’
Dr Anas Nader outlines key principles to ensure collaborative staff banks add value to NHS staffing infrastructure
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NewsCovid pressures linked to increased fall rates and patient deaths
Two patients have died and at least seven more have come to harm in recent falls linked to covid-19 pressures at a small acute trust.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: No vaccine for burnout
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.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Giving Hancock his due
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week
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NewsExclusive: Fewer black and Filipino NHS staff vaccinated amid ‘hesitancy’ concern
The largest hospital trust in England has reported substantially lower covid vaccine uptake among its black African, black Caribbean and Filipino staff so far, citing ‘vaccine hesitancy’.
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NewsNHS leaders ‘making fewer excuses’ for poor diversity says national workforce chief
Health Education England’s new chief executive has spoken of the power in white and male leaders standing up for board room diversity, and believes more leaders are now ‘sitting with the discomfort and making fewer excuses’.
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HSJ PartnersSpeaking up, listening up and following up are essential to saving lives
As the pandemic reaches crisis levels with no let-up for healthcare workers, it is vital that staff have the freedom to speak up about anything which gets in the way of them providing great care, writes Dr Henrietta Hughes
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of ‘emotional blackmail’ after asking junior doctors to work unpaid in covid-hit units
London’s largest acute trust has been accused of ‘emotional blackmail’ by suggesting junior doctors could do voluntary shifts in its ‘really short staffed’ critical care unit.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Beyond The Big Suck
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News‘Racialised patterns’ of occupational risk found for emergency clinicians during pandemic
NHS England has been urged to take further action after a new report highlighted the “racialised patterns” of occupational risk faced by emergency clinicians during the coronavirus pandemic.
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CommentHow one trust vaccinated 6,400 staff in nine days
Mildred Johnson outlines how Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust implemented a covid-19 vaccine deployment programme
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Gimmick land
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.
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Students call for end of reassignment to ‘menial’ ICU shifts
Students at a London medical school have demanded an immediate end to their “compulsory” reassignment covering nurse and healthcare assistant shifts in the intensive care units at their connected trust.
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NewsNHS leaders offered psychological support and army mentoring amid covid pressures
Senior NHS leaders are being offered one-to-one psychological support, as well as army mentorship, as the third wave of covid-19 activity reaches new heights.
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NewsOne in 10 hospital nurses now off work with covid absences still rising
More than one in 10 hospital nurses are now off work in areas hard-hit by covid, according to internal data leaked to HSJ.
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NewsHard-hit region has more than twice as many critical care patients as last winter
One NHS region now has double the number of critical care patients it did last winter — and all areas are more full than last year — HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsRevealed: Tests on staff to track how well covid vaccines are working
Vaccinated health and care staff who are asymptomatic will continue to be routinely tested for covid-19 under plans to measure vaccine effectiveness, HSJ has learned.