All Staff wellbeing articles – Page 28
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CommentPromoting equality and diversity through the BAME Staff Network
Kettering’s goal is to drive positive change that will impact equality, diversity, and inclusion amongst staff, and promote a safe and confidential environment to raise any issues and concerns, writes Carol Verner
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NewsExclusive: Pandemic exposing managerial ‘skills deficit’
The pandemic is threatening to expose a skills deficit among NHS managers, research exclusively shared with HSJ warns.
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CommentCovid made the NHS realise the value of HR departments
In many ways the critical link between the health and wellbeing of NHS staff and patient care has been brought into sharp focus by the pandemic, highlighting the importance of HR in protecting and promoting positive relationships at work, writes Richard Saundry.
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NewsExclusive: 22 junior doctors under investigation after covid outbreak
A trust is carrying out an internal investigation after two junior doctors developed covid following an offsite event attended by 22 juniors where social distancing rules were allegedly ignored.
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HSJ PartnersSpeak up, save lives
Dr Henrietta Hughes on making the fear of retribution a thing of the past and speaking up business as usual in the NHS
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NewsTrust accused of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’ as staff partnership halted
The staff-side committee of a major hospital trust has stopped working with its leadership, with its chair alleging an ‘endemic’ culture of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’.
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NewsNHS staff offered snack box or a ‘commemorative badge’ for covid efforts
A clinical commissioning group which is making redundancies has polled staff on whether they would prefer a thank you card from senior management or a “Graze-type snackbox” as recognition of their work over the last six months.
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HSJ PartnersSupporting effective communication between clinicians
Efficient communication between clinicians has long been a challenge. With new digital solutions, and changes driven by covid, could that finally be changing?
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nursing the Nightingales
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsRising covid absences will have ‘significant impact’ on NHS recovery
Increasing staff absence due to covid-19 will have a ‘significant impact’ on the ability of the NHS to deliver critical care services and routine operations, leading intensive care doctors have said.
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NewsTroubled trust appoints interim CEO after predecessor resigns
A London hospital which had to be closed to emergency patients following a covid-19 outbreak among staff has appointed an interim chief executive.
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NewsCQC slams trust’s ‘extremely disappointing’ response to covid control warning
A trust which had some of the highest covid death rates in the UK over the summer ‘could not provide assurance on who was its executive lead for infection control’, a Care Quality Commission inspection found.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Stevens’ successor should relish chance to tackle inequalities
In the climate of covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, the NHS faces calls for greater action to tackle race inequality. HSJ workforce reporter Nick Kituno reflects on a critical juncture for the workforce race equality standard.
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NewsTrust acts after BAME staff report ‘systematic bullying’
NHS leaders are being encouraged to have ‘difficult discussions’ about inequalities, after a trust found its BAME staff reported being ‘systematically… bullied and harassed’, along with other signs of discrimination.
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CommentGov medical advisors should resign or speak out over England’s failing covid strategy
Regulatory policies need appointment processes and employment contracts which make the freedom to speak out, a genuine independence for medics. By David Oliver
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Tell staff the truth about testing
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS planning 41pc increase in international recruitment
The NHS needs to significantly increase international recruitment amid concerns the pandemic has derailed progress on the government’s target to hire an additional 50,000 nurses, an internal presentation suggests.
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NewsMental health trusts drive increase in female board directors
Mental health trusts have seen the biggest rise in female representation at board level over the last three years, while the North East has emerged as an outlier in achieving gender equality, new research has revealed.
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HSJ PartnersRemembering sacrifices made by NHS emergency services personnel
Copyright: Tom Scholes Fogg The covid-19 pandemic, has galvanised the public’s understanding of the immediate and increasing sacrifices that our NHS and emergency services personnel, key workers and volunteers are making to keep us safe from harm. Written by This year the National Emergency Services Memorial ...
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CommentCare home covid-19 fallout should not create toxic taboos
David Oliver on the need to use more advance care planning for care home residents.